[stavros]

Life is amazing.

[squigz]

Stuff like this really makes you wonder what life might look like out in the universe.

[ljf]

https://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/TheyMade.s... - love this short story and its take on that question.

[squigz]

A classic, and regularly shared here on HN :)

I really like this version of it personally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6JFTmQCFHg

[explodes]

Some things on Earth (especially in the ocean) you'd think were extraterrestrial... What a gift to still be able to find such amazing animals out there.

[pfdietz]

They all, so far, share the same basic biochemistry, derived from the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA).

What would be extraordinarily interesting would be if we could find life on Earth with a fundamentally different biochemstry. Very different genetic code, even. This would be sign that Origin of Life is not the Great Filter. And we don't even have to go to another planet to conduct this search for "alien" life.

[squigz]

Some of those things down in the ocean are almost too extraterrestrial... they can stay undiscovered!

[morphle]

Isn't life on this planet also life out in the universe? It depends on your point of view.

[1] Pale blue dot - Carl Sagan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupToqz1e2g

[squigz]

Do you consider things that are inside a house to also be outside a house?

[morphle]

All things are moving in space and time and in relation to other objects so inside or outside are relative points of view.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_relativity

[2] Point of view is worth 80 IQ points - Alan Kay. He didn't specify the sign....

[squigz]

I wonder if life elsewhere in the universe is pedantic too.

[morphle]

QED.

[1] Why people hate smart individuals: Studies reveal it's linked to your own intelligence level https://www.gq.com.au/health/wellness/studies-say-who-you-ha...

[2] On the importance of being pedantic https://medium.com/@lfloridi/on-the-importance-of-being-peda...

[3] Pedantic definition https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pedantic

[4] Pedantic opinion https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/pedantic

[tbrownaw]

Things inside this house are indeed outside that house.

[Sardtok]

An apartment inside an apartment complex is still inside the same building. Earth is in the Universe. There's a difference between "in the Universe" and "outside of Earth".

A superset also includes everything in all its subsets.

[bregma]

Is the coffee actually in the mug or only on top of it?

[pests]

Well, can you walk around inside of a coffee cup? If so, you are on it. If not, you are in it.

[treyd]

In Spanish I don't care.

[gus_massa]

I'm confused, in es-ar, it can be:

* "El café está en la taza." [preferred]

* "El café está sobre la taza." [I'd never use this.]

* "El café está adentro de la taza."

I'd probably use "en(in?)" for a cup, "sobre(over?)" for a plate an "adentro de (inside?)" for a jar.

[latexr]

Sounds like you might be interested in “The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zoologist%27s_Guide_to_the...