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by tptacek 6002 days ago
What'd I mess up?
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Semiapies 6002 days ago
For one, there is no "ergo, we are doomed" - quite the opposite:

"So this is why I conclude that the silence of the night sky is golden, and why, in the search for extraterrestrial life, no news is good news. It promises a potentially great future for humanity."

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TheSOB88 6002 days ago
I think you are reading the root comment with the wrong perspective in mind. He is saying we are doomed if there is life on Mars.
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Semiapies 6002 days ago
Nor is the writer saying that.
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