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by nyokodo 2111 days ago
Assuming the study has no fatal flaws there really are no uninteresting explanations for the phenomenon. If we eventually discover there are abiotic pathways we didn't know about, that's really interesting. If we discover life and it's traced back to the earth somehow, that's riveting. If we discover life and it's alien, that's obviously extraordinary.