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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Tags: exobiology, microbes
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