Also proof that very different organisms can evolve is to look at the octopus.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-octopus-could-be-the-next-model-organism/
Any life form may have existed and gone extinct millions of years ago and we will never know.

I remember a phrase that stuck to my memory from one of Asimov's (or was it A.C. Clarke?) ... "most black holes are industrial accidents"

 

. "most black holes are industrial accidents"

I don't wish to end up in either!

 

The proof that there are intelligent beings in the universe is that they need not bother to contact us.

Or maybe they don't need to.
But also, if they are really advanced compared to us, they may do the same as humans have done since day one, enslave the inferior or lesser ones.

 

Add or they just don't want to get involved with the likes of us. A slightly different take on the prime directive.

 

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I see they also have an extended bit on my quote about Octopi el-al https://www.brightvibes.com/2511/en...be-recognised-as-sentient-beings-under-uk-law

 

Some more good shots.
https://www.brightvibes.com/2505/en...arious-comedy-wildlife-photography-award-2021

 

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Surgeons Successfully Transplanted Pig Kidneys to Two Humans​

More than 90,000 people in the U.S. are on the waitlist for a kidney transplant that could potentially save their lives, the press release added. To reduce these wait times, Virginia-based Revivicor has turned to xenotransplantation - using organs from a different species to meet human requirements. The company uses genetic engineering to make little changes in the donor species so that the transplant does not get rejected by the human body.

 

They have been using pig tissue and if I remember right heart valves for some time. This is the first whole organ. As I have lost one kidney to cancer already and am struggling with kidney disease, I hope it works. Almost anything would be better than short-lived dialysis which only gives you several years before failure. Personally, I don't find the prospect of dialysis very reassuring.

 

I remember reading an article awhile back, that mentioned they were trying to genetically modify pigs to make them less likely to be rejected in humans. Bad news for the pigs though.

Since I am not A PETA member, I say more power to them.

Thinking about it maybe I am (People Eating Tasty Animals).

 

The pig heart valves sewn into human hearts, if I remember correctly, were not living tissue, having been sterilized and "preserved" so as to not cause much in the way of rejection problems. I don't think they can use that trick with working kidneys.

@SamR It is great that you had a spare so you can still be here with us. Maybe xenotransplantation will be a good solution for you once it is proven to be safe.

 

Sadly, the Metaverse is filled with people.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/12/16/1042516/the-metaverse-has-a-groping-problem/
The metaverse has a groping problem already

 

Sadly, the Metaverse is filled with people.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/12/16/1042516/the-metaverse-has-a-groping-problem/
The metaverse has a groping problem already

Couldn't she have kicked him in his virtual testicles?

 

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Bribery and Sex Party

 

I've suspected for years that we have corruption at almost every level, you can't say this without being at risk for a defamation lawsuit. So I don't.

 

I've suspected for years that we have corruption at almost every level, you can't say this without being at risk for a defamation lawsuit. So I don't.

This was an open 'secret' in the 7th fleet for decades.

He made things happen, By Any Means Necessary.

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/24/paying-price-hidden-cost-fat-leonard-investigation

In addition to controlling an abundance of ports, GDMA had a knack for solving tough problems for the Navy that made him essential to the service in the Pacific.

For example, in 2007 carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) was set to undertake a complex port visit to Chennai, India, as part of a broader U.S. effort to tighten ties with New Delhi as China continued to expand its influence in the Indian Ocean.

“No other husbanding agent would sign up to get all the facilities, all the services present, to the standard required by the Navy in India, and he did it,” Montgomery said.

“He was a crook, but he was our crook,” Cmdr. Mike Misiewicz, former 7th Fleet deputy of fleet operations and now convicted felon for his role in the scandal, told Defense News in 2016.

 

Humans Are Doomed to Go Extinct

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What is more, over the past few decades, the quality of human sperm has declined massively, possibly leading to lower birth rates, for reasons nobody is really sure about.