microbes think about where to live

Tags: exobiology, microbes
Categories: Pseudo-explanations

An example of anthropomorphism in public science discourse:

…Could anything have ever lived there [Mars] – and if so what could have lived there, and we are talking microbes here, not higher life, but these microbes have specific thoughts of where they want to live…"

Dr. Susanne P. Schwenzer

Dr. Susanne P. Schwenzer (Senior Lecturer in Earth Science, Open University), was talking on an episode of 'BBC Inside Science'.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.