Submitted by GullyShotta t3_yer1kg in space
Aethelric t1_iu4owuj wrote
Reply to comment by malcontented in Ancient microbes may have survived below Mars' surface - CNN by GullyShotta
I guess if you're bringing the preexisting knowledge of an illiterate child to the equation, which seems likely, that'd be true. Since anyone with even a smattering of knowledge about space knows that we haven't explicitly proved that life exists, the meaning here is clear.
malcontented t1_iu4qqgf wrote
This was in CNN jerkoff. It’s a general audience and, at best, it was an oversight. At worst it was deliberately misleading
Aethelric t1_iu4xnc1 wrote
Do you genuinely think that most people reading this go "ah, there must have been life on Mars that I've just never heard about"?
malcontented t1_iu6mc4q wrote
If you ask the average CNN viewer if we’ve discovered any evidence of microbial life on Mars either currently alive or ancient I’m guessing the percent answering “yes” would be significantly different from zero.
Aethelric t1_iu6mub4 wrote
Sure, but basing your approach to news as "what would the stupidest person draw from this" would make news far worse than clickbait.
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