NASA Discovers New Life

[BehattedWanderer]

Ahh, the human experience of hyperbolically overstating everything! How wonderous! But, realistically, this isn't that new. Microbes can adapt to most anything, we've found. Like creating organisms that fee off the of the heat and chemical toxicity of a sulfur vent on the ocean's floor, or certain plants substituting red chlorophyll for green, utilizing a different part of the light spectrum for energy. Life wants to survive, and it will do so no matter what nature throws it, for as long as it can. Things adapt, evolve, and change, and for things without a will, they sure do seem to do whatever they can to survive.

Though, on the other hand...an arsenic based lifeform would be something that we would take issue with eating...

 

[Digikid]

Thats it? Big whoop de do /sarcasm.

If it is not biped and has space travel then it is not that important.

 

[Rubashov]

So, would phosphate be poisonous to this microbe for the same reason arsenic is poisonous to most known organisms?

 

[fgdfgdgd]

This + Evolution + wishful thinking = Aliens.

I am very happy.

Calumon: I wonder if they can prove I exist?

Of course you exist Calumon, i've seen you, i may be many things, an Australian, a gamer, a male, a crazy delusional, a movie buff, a big fan of digimon, a tall human being; But i am not a crazy delusional, i've seen you damnit!

 

[Skuffyshootster]

"The Colour Out of Space" by H.P. Lovecraft comes to mind, specifically the part where it turns out that we know jack shit about our universe, but I guess you could attribute that to most of his works.

 

[Andy Chalk]

No, the Horta was silicon-based. Carbon-based is normal in our experiance.[/nerd]

Dammit, I had silicon-based down original, then I made an edit and mixed them up. Seriously, I knew the Horta were silicon based.

And thanks.

 

[That Greek Guy]

Well i will die before i see the world end so F*** YOU NASA

 

[Andy Chalk]

But, realistically, this isn't that new.

That's funny, the people at NASA said it's totally new. Maybe you should call them or something.

 

[Svenparty]

UFO's are creeping/ Wikileaks is leaking/North Korea is Freaking/The Uk Economy is bleaking/


It's either Aliens or the end of the world I hope it's both

 

[Tim Latshaw]

Calumon: I wonder if they can prove I exist?

Cogito ergo sumumon.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Goddamn, real life is boring. I understand how important the discovery is, but I was hoping for a chunk of Prothean technology or brain slugs or something...

LIMBO flashbacks.

Fucking brainslug segments...

OT:

Oh, that's pretty cool, I wasn't expecting anything much more than something this, really. Because I'm not an idiot who thought that NASA was going to announce something like first contact.

 

[Svenparty]

This + Evolution + wishful thinking = Aliens.

I am very happy.

Calumon: I wonder if they can prove I exist?

I hope not....the "Jack/Calumon" persona really unsettles me. Your either a lunatic or your a cyborg with two personalities! (David Lynch Approves)

 

[Beffudled Sheep]

Damn you Escapist with your sensational headlines! I started to hyperventilate with excitement!!

This is big news. Must. Spread. To. EVERYONE!

 

[Snow Fire]

Are we all blind, can't you see!? They found it in a lake, I think not, it must of teleported there so it would be found. And at this very moment it is sending intel on us to the horde. We must destroy it before it is too late!

Nonsensicalness aside, this is pretty interesting, a arsenic based life form. I wonder what it can do.

 

[Infinatex]

Yawn. No aliens... they could have just announced it. The anticipation for their announcement dint make this any less boring :S

 

[Extra-Ordinary]

This is awesome. This really does change the way we understand life. But it starts with arsenic and then gradually turns into the ZOMBIE VIRUS!!

 

[p3t3r]

guys this is a new type of life not a sandwich. it's i big deal i guess