Nasa announces the discovery of organic matter on Mars...
...fascinating news for sure, but it carries with it a sense of dread - dread in the knowledge that, very soon, one will need to explain to an excitable friend, family member or colleague that "the discovery of organic matter on Mars" ≠ "OMG we found aliens!!!!!!"
I expect to have had that conversation at least 26 times by 9:05am at work tomorrow morning.
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Finally, someone that is not impressed by this news like me.
indirect76
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June 8, 2018
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Organic matter is found all over the solar system. Not exactly ground shaking news.
TaraMarshall
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June 7, 2018
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Jnei:
The fact that we can detect it in rocks three billion years old on another planet, meanwhile... 
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