tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581401473844438605.post1221060153531610452..comments2024-03-26T19:46:33.565-07:00Comments on Random Walks: PanspermiaJohn Kurmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607323621206823686noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581401473844438605.post-37630857061256255672015-12-28T20:55:33.558-08:002015-12-28T20:55:33.558-08:00White smokers, looks like.White smokers, looks like.John Kurmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607323621206823686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581401473844438605.post-7167690664099585272011-12-17T08:42:29.172-08:002011-12-17T08:42:29.172-08:00It is entirely possible that we are part of the My...It is entirely possible that we are part of the Mycosphere. Hard to say, though, given the amount of spit swapping "early" life likes to go through.<br /><br />As to my own speculative numbers, they are wildly, absurdly optimistic. Meant more as a "if things go incredibly right" ballpark figure. But the chances of even one colonizing bacterium making it to another star system, and surviving planetfall on an appropriate world is more like a one in a trillion year event. And the biggest deal breaker really is that all deadly hard radiation out there. I would speculate that the panspermian ancestral organism would be the hardiest to radiation. What we do know off genetic trackback suggests this is not the case - suggesting the first organisms on Earth were from Earth, enjoying the comfort food of those black smokers down in the depths.John Kurmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607323621206823686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581401473844438605.post-15170862122652377502011-12-16T12:06:51.275-08:002011-12-16T12:06:51.275-08:00Don't forget about the magic monoliths from be...Don't forget about<a href="http://subrealism.blogspot.com/2011/04/monolith-for-killer-ape-dominated.html" rel="nofollow"> the magic monoliths from beyond</a> the cosmos...., panspermia + symbiosis = evolutionCNuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14152640304402402884noreply@blogger.com