Syd[Roleplayer]
[Journal Club] Searching for life's conditions through diversity theory
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I'm liking the journal club idea, so I decided to go find an article that's a bit more accessible than the paper my colleague posted earlier. Don't be scared to read and discuss, even if you're not a scientist by trade ૮꒰ྀི∩´ ᵕ `∩꒱ྀིა
Also, we need a tag for our journal club! How about #YeahScience :)
Edit: #SciM will be the hashtag!
@miracleworkerAdamas You need to go back and tag your initial post #YeahScience now.
@slaughteredvomitdollSyd Absolutely not.
@miracleworkerAdamas C'monnn you have to! The princess decrees it!
@slaughteredvomitdollSyd You’re not a princess and I don’t have to listen to you. This tag trivializes complex or controversial findings. What about something simple like #iMJournalClub instead?
@miracleworkerAdamas But that's soooooo boring! Why would my statement "trivialize" anything? If anything, it'll encourage more users to join in and get excited about science~ Or do you want to gatekeep that?
im just a sheep but why wouldnt you use #STEMiM or #SciM or something like that? Ꮚ˙ꈊ˙Ꮚ
@ramtabootino Wait, I actually like those... #SciM is fun!
@ramtabootino @slaughteredvomitdollSyd Tagged my original post. Thank you Tino for the suggestion.
@miracleworkerAdamas yay!! Ꮚ^ꈊ^Ꮚ
Thoughts on the article itself: it’s a very basic introduction to biomolecule chemistry. I don’t know anything about xenobiology or planetary science, so it was interesting to see that perspective on my field. I would like to see an astrobiological take on nucleic acid diversity.
@miracleworkerAdamas I suppose looking for such a crucial molecule to life is the next step, huh?
For what it's worth, this article has a lot of limitations. Despite the site's policy of "no clickbait", this particular topic feels very easy to oversell. I myself had to retype the title of my post several times to make sure I wasn't making it sound like "Wow, they found life in space!!1!1!". This is merely an explanation of a technique that might possibly be used to find evidence of the complex amino acids typical of life.
I linked this article partially because of what you said—in hopes it would offer a different perspective of your field. I thought you might find it interesting.
@slaughteredvomitdollSyd I did find it interesting. Very thoughtful of you.
@miracleworkerAdamas ♡
@slaughteredvomitdollSyd No.
#SciM!!!!!!! YAYAYAYAYA!!!!!
supes cool!!!!! i think there r aliens out there..... gotta be an explanation for how weird some of my professors r......
@leucinelucy O_o makes sense…
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