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"Proof we possibly" is an oxymoron, like "60% of the time it works every time." It's not so much splitting hairs as it is attempting vainly to understand phrasing that inherently makes no sense.



I agree it was bad phrasing, that was not my point. I was simply pointing out that even though his wording was bad what he was trying to get across (Proof that is's still a viable hypothesis) was technically correct. Here i'll fix it for you "This is proof that that DNA can survive re-entry from space, due to this finding there is still a possibility that life came from somewhere else"


Harsh! Yes, it’s an oxymoron. It doesn’t “make no sense;” it was an attempt at humor (which clearly failed).




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