Difference between revisions of "Talk:List of Medical Risks"
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There is much more of a risk of the colonists contaminating Mars, then there is of Mars contaminating | There is much more of a risk of the colonists contaminating Mars, then there is of Mars contaminating | ||
the colonists. Such worrys likley belong in the realm of science fiction. [[User:T.Neo|T.Neo]] 07:45, 16 October 2008 (UTC) | the colonists. Such worrys likley belong in the realm of science fiction. [[User:T.Neo|T.Neo]] 07:45, 16 October 2008 (UTC) | ||
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| + | :If it's inconsistent with scientific knowledge then it's not really science fiction. 8) ...or at least not GOOD science fiction (old science fiction gets a free ride in that it's adhering to obsolete scientific knowledge). | ||
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| + | :That said, the seeming unlikelihood would be an argument to place in such an article. Counterargument to put in that article: Assuming adequate separation between domestic microbes and invading Terrestrial life, whether or not a given microbe was evolved to be pathogenic is irrelevant: whether or not it has an immediate opportunity to fill a pathogenic niche would be by pure chance. Also, just because an interaction may be bad and kill the microbe, doesn't mean it's good for the terrestrial multicellular organism either... -- [[User:Strangelv|Strangelv]] 11:43, 17 October 2008 (UTC) | ||
Revision as of 03:43, 17 October 2008
Since there are no complex liforms on Mars to infect, native life would not have become pathogenic. There is much more of a risk of the colonists contaminating Mars, then there is of Mars contaminating the colonists. Such worrys likley belong in the realm of science fiction. T.Neo 07:45, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
- If it's inconsistent with scientific knowledge then it's not really science fiction. 8) ...or at least not GOOD science fiction (old science fiction gets a free ride in that it's adhering to obsolete scientific knowledge).
- That said, the seeming unlikelihood would be an argument to place in such an article. Counterargument to put in that article: Assuming adequate separation between domestic microbes and invading Terrestrial life, whether or not a given microbe was evolved to be pathogenic is irrelevant: whether or not it has an immediate opportunity to fill a pathogenic niche would be by pure chance. Also, just because an interaction may be bad and kill the microbe, doesn't mean it's good for the terrestrial multicellular organism either... -- Strangelv 11:43, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
