Jennifer Harrison
@geneticjen.com
Human wanting a more human internet. Oh and I've moved back to Scotland.
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#22 Sara Walker - Origin of Life, Assembly Theory, Biosignatures
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May 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Very late edit: I typed asteroid when I meant comet. I was talking about comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
May 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Very late edit: I typed asteroid when I meant comet. I was talking about comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
To answer the question more directly, the field is still very young and there's so much more to do, so in some ways that's a concern for the future. The balance is currently coming from the diverse approaches and philosophies of different research groups but it is something to keep addressing!
May 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
To answer the question more directly, the field is still very young and there's so much more to do, so in some ways that's a concern for the future. The balance is currently coming from the diverse approaches and philosophies of different research groups but it is something to keep addressing!
All the schools of thought still need the same next steps though. Better telescope technology, better computational analysis (especially for the complex systems approach). It still matters that we can describe atmospheres and surfaces
May 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
All the schools of thought still need the same next steps though. Better telescope technology, better computational analysis (especially for the complex systems approach). It still matters that we can describe atmospheres and surfaces
Combined with other approaches like this, it becomes more about spotting the telltale signs of evolution and complexity rather than focusing on the specific ingredients or products in isolation. All of this is still just one school of thought, but I think is a wise one
May 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Combined with other approaches like this, it becomes more about spotting the telltale signs of evolution and complexity rather than focusing on the specific ingredients or products in isolation. All of this is still just one school of thought, but I think is a wise one
One small example: rather than focus on whether or not the existence of a gas is something we would consider a biomarker, we could look for gases with gradients either in altitude (surface biology?) or in different locations on the planet
May 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
One small example: rather than focus on whether or not the existence of a gas is something we would consider a biomarker, we could look for gases with gradients either in altitude (surface biology?) or in different locations on the planet
But that isn't really how we define life. We aren't just gas producers. What really looks different on Earth compared to other planets are complex systems generating the overall distribution of organic molecules and how the detected atmosphere is interacting with the planet's surface
May 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
But that isn't really how we define life. We aren't just gas producers. What really looks different on Earth compared to other planets are complex systems generating the overall distribution of organic molecules and how the detected atmosphere is interacting with the planet's surface
But there are other approaches. Some are focusing less on looking for evidence of specific molecules as biomarkers but instead looking for complexity and interactions. Our life makes lots of stuff that can be made without life like oxygen, carbon dioxide, methane...
May 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
But there are other approaches. Some are focusing less on looking for evidence of specific molecules as biomarkers but instead looking for complexity and interactions. Our life makes lots of stuff that can be made without life like oxygen, carbon dioxide, methane...
Sorry, only just saw this! You're asking the questions the leading researchers are asking themselves. There are different schools of thought. Obviously it's understandable to be interested in finding signs of life as we would expect when the alternative feels potentially limitless
May 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Sorry, only just saw this! You're asking the questions the leading researchers are asking themselves. There are different schools of thought. Obviously it's understandable to be interested in finding signs of life as we would expect when the alternative feels potentially limitless
Been super busy with work and some health stuff but doing great! Trying to be a bit less online at the moment!
May 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Been super busy with work and some health stuff but doing great! Trying to be a bit less online at the moment!
Everyone’s comparing Expedition 33 to Final Fantasy because it’s the RPG they can name but really it’s Xenoblade Chronicles I feel all over this wonderful game. The narrative, the character relationships, the universe, the world-building, the way the narrative is delivered, the mystery
May 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Everyone’s comparing Expedition 33 to Final Fantasy because it’s the RPG they can name but really it’s Xenoblade Chronicles I feel all over this wonderful game. The narrative, the character relationships, the universe, the world-building, the way the narrative is delivered, the mystery
- The supposed amount detected would be obscene if it created by anything remotely like Earth life
- It would presumably have to be a different biological mechanism that produces it given the relative lack of oxygen detected
- It would presumably have to be a different biological mechanism that produces it given the relative lack of oxygen detected
April 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
- The supposed amount detected would be obscene if it created by anything remotely like Earth life
- It would presumably have to be a different biological mechanism that produces it given the relative lack of oxygen detected
- It would presumably have to be a different biological mechanism that produces it given the relative lack of oxygen detected
Some points about the exoplanet DMS discovery not getting as much focus:
- Evidence isn't strong enough to confirm it's there
- Only having a biological origin on Earth doesn't mean it cannot have inorganic origin
- We've found DMS on a completely dead asteroid we've visited
- Evidence isn't strong enough to confirm it's there
- Only having a biological origin on Earth doesn't mean it cannot have inorganic origin
- We've found DMS on a completely dead asteroid we've visited
April 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Some points about the exoplanet DMS discovery not getting as much focus:
- Evidence isn't strong enough to confirm it's there
- Only having a biological origin on Earth doesn't mean it cannot have inorganic origin
- We've found DMS on a completely dead asteroid we've visited
- Evidence isn't strong enough to confirm it's there
- Only having a biological origin on Earth doesn't mean it cannot have inorganic origin
- We've found DMS on a completely dead asteroid we've visited
I’m reading Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park in Spanish for the first time. Read it in English several times. I’ve only just realised that when the injured guy at the start says “lo sa raptor”, he isn’t trying to say something in Spanish. He’s literally trying to say velociraptor. Lo sa raptor
April 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I’m reading Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park in Spanish for the first time. Read it in English several times. I’ve only just realised that when the injured guy at the start says “lo sa raptor”, he isn’t trying to say something in Spanish. He’s literally trying to say velociraptor. Lo sa raptor
Scientists did not bring dire wolves back from extinction: https://GeneticJen.micro.blog/2025/04/09/scientists-did-not-bring-dire.html
Did Colossal Bioscience really bring dire wolves back from extinction? Absolutely not. Why not? And what did they do then?
Did Colossal Bioscience really bring dire wolves back from extinction? Absolutely not. Why not? And what did they do then?
April 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Scientists did not bring dire wolves back from extinction: https://GeneticJen.micro.blog/2025/04/09/scientists-did-not-bring-dire.html
Did Colossal Bioscience really bring dire wolves back from extinction? Absolutely not. Why not? And what did they do then?
Did Colossal Bioscience really bring dire wolves back from extinction? Absolutely not. Why not? And what did they do then?
Grey wolves genetically modified to have physical traits resembling dire wolves is going to be something we have to explain over and over and over again and I'm already tired
April 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Grey wolves genetically modified to have physical traits resembling dire wolves is going to be something we have to explain over and over and over again and I'm already tired
Anyway, I'm tired of writing. That's where we're at now. In the near future some children will use remote viewing to bring down a UFO and the group can go public and show us that they are real. Or maybe that won't happen. Watch this space I guess
April 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Anyway, I'm tired of writing. That's where we're at now. In the near future some children will use remote viewing to bring down a UFO and the group can go public and show us that they are real. Or maybe that won't happen. Watch this space I guess
He's being seen by Nolan, who isn't a medical doctor; just the resident expert in all things alien. And it's respectable experts like Nolan and Grusch that are making US politicians take this stuff seriously, potentially wasting more taxpayer money and it STILL comes back to Skinwalker Ranch lol
April 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
He's being seen by Nolan, who isn't a medical doctor; just the resident expert in all things alien. And it's respectable experts like Nolan and Grusch that are making US politicians take this stuff seriously, potentially wasting more taxpayer money and it STILL comes back to Skinwalker Ranch lol
Anyway, Garry Nolan is a respected scientist but laypeople think that makes him an expert in everything. Even relating to immunology people think he can do anything. That Jake Barber guy (helicopter pilot) thinks he was radiated so much that he's worried about cancer. Did he go to a doctor? No...
April 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Anyway, Garry Nolan is a respected scientist but laypeople think that makes him an expert in everything. Even relating to immunology people think he can do anything. That Jake Barber guy (helicopter pilot) thinks he was radiated so much that he's worried about cancer. Did he go to a doctor? No...
You can see this in interviews where they use the same terms for things like NHI meaning non-human intelligence. Jason Sands uses "NHI" in his interview with Joe Rogan. Joe said he prefers "aliens" and Jason said he does too. You can tell he's been told to use this term to be taken more seriously
April 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
You can see this in interviews where they use the same terms for things like NHI meaning non-human intelligence. Jason Sands uses "NHI" in his interview with Joe Rogan. Joe said he prefers "aliens" and Jason said he does too. You can tell he's been told to use this term to be taken more seriously
While I'm on it, Jake Barber also said that gay people are better at it than "normal people". Considering this group all work together and reinforce each other, it's hard to tell if calling straight, neurotypical people "normals" is trait of these individuals or part of the group philosophy
April 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
While I'm on it, Jake Barber also said that gay people are better at it than "normal people". Considering this group all work together and reinforce each other, it's hard to tell if calling straight, neurotypical people "normals" is trait of these individuals or part of the group philosophy
Watch any interview and more than 99% of the comments are supportive, believing everything he says, seeing him as an expert in all the fields he's working in. Yes he's saying the same remote viewing stuff (including that autistic people are better at it than "normals" btw)
April 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Watch any interview and more than 99% of the comments are supportive, believing everything he says, seeing him as an expert in all the fields he's working in. Yes he's saying the same remote viewing stuff (including that autistic people are better at it than "normals" btw)
When you tell UFO fans that a highly successful research scientist and business man has UFO wreckage in his possession, it suddenly sounds a lot more legit. People don't necessarily know to ask why the immunology professor is doing that work for government bodies
April 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
When you tell UFO fans that a highly successful research scientist and business man has UFO wreckage in his possession, it suddenly sounds a lot more legit. People don't necessarily know to ask why the immunology professor is doing that work for government bodies
What's common in this UFO world is for the psychic to be working on propulsion research. It's like when the creationist archaeological scientist who proves the world is 6000 years old is actually a dentist. Garry Nolan works on everything. Analyse ship parts? Alien DNA? Telekinesis? He does it all
April 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
What's common in this UFO world is for the psychic to be working on propulsion research. It's like when the creationist archaeological scientist who proves the world is 6000 years old is actually a dentist. Garry Nolan works on everything. Analyse ship parts? Alien DNA? Telekinesis? He does it all
In some ways, things are the same as they always have been. What's new is that some of the believers coming forward have roles that make them seem more credible to laypeople. Here's a perfect example: Garry Nolan. An expert immunology research scientist (not a medical doctor)
April 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
In some ways, things are the same as they always have been. What's new is that some of the believers coming forward have roles that make them seem more credible to laypeople. Here's a perfect example: Garry Nolan. An expert immunology research scientist (not a medical doctor)