The potential ability for bacteria spores to remain viable for millions of years in cold, icy environments is discussed at length in the full paper.
--Doug On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net> wrote: > Life Before Earth is definitely a fun, if not fascinating or correct, > extrapolation. > > Isn't there a theory that indeed very hardy critters (foolhardy? :) could > survive space travel and end up here in a blaze of light? > > Apparently we've some evidence of this in deep sea volcanos. > > -- Owen > > > On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Douglas Roberts <d...@parrot-farm.net>wrote: > >> The full article: http://arxiv.org/abs/1304.3381 >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 6:43 AM, Douglas Roberts <d...@parrot-farm.net>wrote: >> >>> Oh, and I forgot to mention: it solves Fermi's paradox as well. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 6:36 AM, Douglas Roberts >>> <d...@parrot-farm.net>wrote: >>> >>>> Thinking along the lines of Moore's law, extrapolating it backwards. I >>>> love stories that are told across cosmological time scales: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.technologyreview.com/view/513781/moores-law-and-the-origin-of-life/ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *Doug Roberts >>>> d...@parrot-farm.net* >>>> *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> >>>> * <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> >>>> 505-455-7333 - Office >>>> 505-672-8213 - Mobile* >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Doug Roberts >>> d...@parrot-farm.net* >>> *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> >>> * <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> >>> 505-455-7333 - Office >>> 505-672-8213 - Mobile* >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> *Doug Roberts >> d...@parrot-farm.net* >> *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> >> * <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> >> 505-455-7333 - Office >> 505-672-8213 - Mobile* >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > -- *Doug Roberts d...@parrot-farm.net* *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> * <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-672-8213 - Mobile*
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