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minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoMost of the life we see on Earth isn’t even our size! Life on earth scales from microscopic bacteria all the way up funguses that have an underground network covering thousands of acres. The chances of us finding life on another planet is pretty slim, the chance of that life looking like us is astronomically miniscule.
minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoAlso, of all the millions of species that have evolved on Earth, only one has developed civilisation. We’re an anomaly, not an inevitability. Other planets could be teeming with life, but it’s happy to just chill in the forest/ocean/wherever.
Most of the life we see on Earth isn’t even our size!
Life on earth scales from microscopic bacteria all the way up funguses that have an underground network covering thousands of acres.
The chances of us finding life on another planet is pretty slim, the chance of that life looking like us is astronomically miniscule.
Also, of all the millions of species that have evolved on Earth, only one has developed civilisation. We’re an anomaly, not an inevitability. Other planets could be teeming with life, but it’s happy to just chill in the forest/ocean/wherever.