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scarabic t1_iy26mfb wrote

Reply to comment by Dr_ChungusAmungus in NASA discovery reveals there may have been life on Mars by Genevieves_bitch

> Organic molecules can also be made by chemical reactions that do not involve life.

This is the part people often confuse. Organic compounds are not always left behind by life. Some of them form spontaneously in dirty water when exposed to sunlight.

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Dr_ChungusAmungus t1_iy48ifw wrote

I fell into the same misunderstanding, when I looked it up I came back and changed it

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