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What scientific study are you waiting for that'll just shit on everything we've once thought to have believed in? (kbin.melroy.org)

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Like, we'll probably find out that eating boogers actually makes you immune to select illnesses or something crazy like that.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You still have to come up with the explanation of what started life in the first place!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

This is always my reaction to this theory as well. If someone asks "How did life on Earth start?", surely we can assume they actually mean "How did life start?"

It's like if a kid saw a baby, and asks their parents "Where do babies come from?", and their reply is "Oh that baby lives next door, it came from that house".