(August 7, 2012 at 1:43 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:(August 7, 2012 at 1:40 pm)Chuck Wrote: .
The ability to infect another organism is a costly biological feature whose existence must be justified. Evolution rewards parsimony and it would be a sign of strange extravagance for Martian microbes to already possess the ability to infect earth organisms it couldn't possibly have touched until now.
Bet your life?
What do I get if I win the bet?