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Many of Ms. Wagner's witticisms retain their vitality: "Did you know, in the entire universe, we are the only intelligent life forms thought to have a Miss Universe contest?" And the narrative shape of the show, which is outwardly fragmented by the tales of the various personae, is held deftly together with subtle (and often amusing) cross-references.
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Beyond the fascinating notion of being able to converse with a mental illness, a state of mind, or a dark mood, the conceit raises another bizarre question: what might that imaginary life form think and feel, divorced from his instinct to destroy, cannibalise or suffocate his target?
He consulted the geological record to determine the amount of volcanism that likely took place around 3.9 billion years ago, around the time the first life forms are thought to have appeared, then looked up the types and concentrations of gases that this amount of volcanism would have produced according to Seager and Hu's calculations.
Of the possible fears about new life forms: "I think we're in the realm of science fiction right now," Mr Annas says.
It is hard to imagine what an extraterrestrial life form might think if confronted with the words "you're human / they are human / we are human / let's try to be human / dance!" Will they break out into an impromptu jig?
It doesn't matter much what life form you think of: a few sets of logical principles become enough to explain how, over time, biological behaviour must evolve to enhance the chances of that animal's survival: it did evolve, and an estimated 7bn separate surviving species are here to prove the point.
Life forms, at least as we thought before, are composed of six elements: phosphorous, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and sulfur.
Even if there were life forms on other planets, I think we'll never reach them, they will be so far away.
However, one may argue, primitive life forms are not machines that think.
More recently she has created unusual reactions between carbon and boron, and carbon and silicon, which is "kind of fascinating because you start to think about other life forms," Blanch said.
Thus, the consideration of the full spectrum of life forms sends a message that, I think, is even more powerful than, simply, deconstruction of the Modern Synthesis.
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