> It's valid to ask whether any complex life could.

That's obviously the point I was making.

> Got it, reflexive blanket dismissal comment.

No, I said my _suspicion_ is that you cannot, and you're being a hypocrite.

> That's obviously the point I was making.

No, it obviously wasn't.

> That's obviously the point I was making

It obviously isn't given you followed up with "if we evolved on Venus."

> I said my _suspicion_ is that you cannot

Which you followed up by dismissing the work for suspecting it did not consider [insert random armchair complication].

> you're being a hypocrite

Nope. I actually read and thought about your comment, initially in good faith.