[jcims]

Whoa, that's crazy.

Every time I go down this rabbit hole I get re-convinced of panspermia. Maybe when I retire I'll study enough statistics and molecular biology to try to get my head around it. Or by then we'll be talking to aliens and the question will be moot.

[rantwasp]

you can do a mooc on molecular biology pretty easily if your goal is to get a superficial understanding of it. you don’t need to wait until you retire :)