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malcontented t1_iu4qqgf wrote

Reply to comment by Aethelric in Ancient microbes may have survived below Mars' surface - CNN by GullyShotta

This was in CNN jerkoff. It’s a general audience and, at best, it was an oversight. At worst it was deliberately misleading

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Aethelric t1_iu4xnc1 wrote

Do you genuinely think that most people reading this go "ah, there must have been life on Mars that I've just never heard about"?

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malcontented t1_iu6mc4q wrote

If you ask the average CNN viewer if we’ve discovered any evidence of microbial life on Mars either currently alive or ancient I’m guessing the percent answering “yes” would be significantly different from zero.

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Aethelric t1_iu6mub4 wrote

Sure, but basing your approach to news as "what would the stupidest person draw from this" would make news far worse than clickbait.

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