“Oh it rained on de rocks an’ de rocks come alive, doo-dah, doo-dah…”
Evolution groupies were turning somersaults of joy a few years ago when somebody found [trumpet fanfare] fossil bacteria! And holy cow, they’re 4.2 zillion (billion?) years old!
From there they jumped to life on Mars, once upon a time. As in “probably.”
Well, we can’t help it, I guess. Can’t help being curious about the world around us. Can’t help trying to explain it. Someday a lot of the explanations we’ve come up with today will provoke pity and amusement from tomorrow’s scientists.
Meanwhile, some of them need to get out more.