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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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[–] count_dongulus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Life has been found deep in the Earth's crust. Think about that in this context.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_biosphere

The conditions for deep biosphere life exist throughout the universe. While surface life is apparently very rare, most planetary bodies with a hot core and subsurface moisture should have some layer conducive to this sort of life.

Since we don't fully how life arises from non-life, it's speculation as to whether life really is uncommon or not. But deep biosphere life should easily be the most common form in the universe. Estimates for it on Earth put it at about 90% of our biomass of archaea and bacteria.