Talk:Life on Mars
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It was my understanding that the controversy about "canals" arose from a mistranslation of an Italian description of "channels," which aren't inherently manmade as canals are. I'm not certain of the provenance of this story, so I'm leaving it aside for someone more knowledgeable to perhaps include. Vivacissamamente 02:20, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
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Moved a bit here, as it makes no sense:
Evidence of such life would tend to bolster the theory of evolution by providing "another example" of a planet where life came out of inorganic materials without divine intervention. Theologians may be hoping that proof of a barren Mars will bolster the commonly-held view that life was specially created by God on the earth (see Evolution and creationism).
Evolutionis not synonymous with abiogenesis, so the first paragraph is ill-informed.
The absence of life on Mars would not prove anything particular about life on earth.
The search for life on Mars is a scientific investigation: philosphers and theologians are distinctly secondary onlookers, not participants, and so have been moved from the topic paragraph to the end. - Nunh-huh 20:03, 10 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Just an odd thought, organisms similar to those on earth could easily be possible, such as an endolith which doesn't require oxygen or sunlight, and could survive with only the minerals within the rocks in the martian crust...I don't have scientific evidence, it's just a thought I've thrown out into cyberspace. I guess I can already see a problem with my "theory": what does an endolith evolve from? Does that thing also have the ability to survive or exist on Mars? I'm open to questions, comments, and critisism. - QuiGonJinn18:42:20 (MST), February 18, 2004
- We have good evidence Mars in the distant past was quite wet and warmer than it is now. Life is thought to have begun on Earth soon after conditions for it were right. If life began on Mars also, when it was warm and wet, it may have adapted to cooler and drier conditions, and persisted in rocks and soil under the surface. Jonathunder 19:01, 2004 Dec 5 (UTC)
"Life on Mars" was also a short-lived (only one year) toy series from LEGO. 16:56, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)