Science is not about finding life per-se, it's about satisfying curiosity. Artic...

		speedplane on Oct 12, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I’m Convinced We Found Evidence of Life on Mars in... Science is not about finding life per-se, it's about satisfying curiosity. Articles like these conflate real science (satisfying human curiosity) with finding life on other planets (we're not alone). Of course, finding life on another planet would be an amazing discovery, but for any true believer in science, it would just be the beginning of a million more questions, not the end goal.

While Scientific discovery would never stop, a milestone like this would be significant. And it would warrant awe.