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[–] 31 points 1 year ago (6 children)

“Almost all” means that if you pull six-legged animals names outnof a hat you’re nearly guaranteed to find an insect. Doesn’t mean you can’t pull the non-insect first try, and doesn’t mean that centaurs must be insects.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    This bias is to biology only found in our experience. What if theres an alien physiology that ruins this argument.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    No alien species counts as an animal taxinomically. A similar extraterrestrial ecosystem would likely result in reclassifications to add planet of greatest ancestral origin. Life seeders would make taxonomy even harder.

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