there was a paper some time ago that suggested that basically every icy satellite-or-large-rock from jupiter’s orbit outwards to pluto all the way to the rest of the oort cloud has a chance of having a subsurface ocean that is (or was) kept warm enough to stay liquid just via their core being hot
but the thing is that all those rocks have been slowly cooling off since their formation, so more of them had warmer oceans in the past.
also, given that in order to form, life needs a sufficiently large amount of energy-per-square-foot to sustain itself (but not too much energy) then in fact, the solar system had way more places where life could have emerged than you’d have expected looking just at the surfaces of our rocks.
thus, well, most of the life in the solar system evolved to survive in the dark of a subsurface ocean somewhere where our entire ecosystem was doomed to freeze and die millions of years ago without ever getting to even see the rest of the universe. probably.
you get to see the universe before the sun runs out, and it’s been a more reliable source of power for you than what would have been available if you’d evolved on a place like most of the rest of the life out there has, yknow? i mean i know you believe you’ve had it hard; you’ve evolved for these conditions and therefore your notion of hardness is adapted to your environment so of course. that’s the same for everybody. all forms of life i mean.
but things could be worse
something about the way you’re saying “you…”
to survive in the dark of a subsurface ocean somewhere where our entire ecosystem was doomed to freeze and die millions of years ago
…..!!!
their.
i meant their.
i dont know what you’re implying i mean there’s nothing suspicious here. you’re being paranoid.
how would i even have gotten an internet connection from that sort of deep sea environment? if i were on earth. and i needed that sort of environment. because that’s where we’d evolved.
which we didn’t! i meant that rhetorically.
i mean who would believe that, haha
deep sea aliens emigrating from frozen dead transjovian worlds and resenting those who’d emerged in more favorable conditions. that sounds like something you’d read in a story. a fictional story. with nothing to do with reality.
And it’s legit good too, given the dude who does ‘em also studies these kinds of things for a living!
this series looks super interesting and entertaining and im gonna check it out but goddam if this isnt the funniest name for a video ive ever seen
I love youtube precisely because it gives ordinary people the outlet for talking about their well-researched opinions on very weird and specific subjects that you would not hear about otherwise.
inktober creators: hmm what word vague enough to give participants wiggle room should we use for a prompt… i guess ‘tranquil’ goes, will make for some sweet serene pictures
the entire dragon age fandom at once: oh you havent heard?
Show this photo to your daughters as they grow up.
Show them that courage is important, even in the scariest of situations. This woman stood up and faced her fears, spoke her truth in front of a group of men while balancing the world on her shoulders. She is a hero. She is a representation for all women who are done being assaulted and abused.
I Believe Dr. Christine Blasey Ford
Show it to them because our mothers didn’t show us this one:
Who is she? Anita Hill.
What’s she doing here? Testifying about the sexual misconduct of then supreme court nominee Clarence Thomas aka nowthe most senior justice on the Supreme Court.
uhm this is YOUR problem guys. I keep saying it I keep effing saying it.
WHITE WOMEN THIS IS YOUR ISSUE, WOC are coming out and showing up. WHERE ARE YOU? WE CAN’T DO THIS ON OUR OWN THERE ISN’T ENOUGH OF US….WE ARE MINORITIES.
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