>Although mirror life does not yet exist

How sure of that are we, really? I'm just a grump on the internet, so what do I know, but it sure seems like that's a huge assumption to be making.

Perhaps we should fund some research to make sure of this? For a long time, all Swans were White, until they weren't. If we do find extant mirror life, we can all rest easier knowing it's unlikely to cause the end of the world, since it hasn't gotten us yet.

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bmitc 10 hours ago | parent [-]

I believe such statements have the implied "to all known knowledge". Also, ow would you prove it definitively?

	▲	mikewarot 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		There's no reference to any systemic search for mirror life. You can't prove something doesn't exist, but you can actually search and document the methods used, who knows, it's probably all around us. It wouldn't surprise me to learn it's part of how fungi communicate or something like that. It would be far better to find it, and document where and how it already works, wouldn't it? I know that goes against the funding paradigm we have, but that's shit anyway.