Lugh

The central problem they are trying to tackle here is that as we don't know the many possible biochemical permutations life might have elsewhere in the Universe, how can we be sure about claims about observations of gasses in exoplanet atmospheres. This was in the news this week with the discovery of dimethyl sulphide on the watery planet K2-18 b. By the end of the decades there may be hundreds of such observations.

The method they propose is one that has been used in climate change science - collating expert opinion from thousands of scientists and going with what is most strongly supported. It's not a perfect solution either, but as we're forced to operate in any environment of incomplete data ( we don't know the full range of potential alien biology) - it may have to do for now.

Lemmy Devs are aware there is an issue with 2FA and are working on it.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3309

For now, until its fixed, we would recommend you don't use 2FA.

On futurology.today ( !futurology@futurology.today ) - our main community is https://futurology.today/c/futurology

However, we'd also like to have separate sections of the site for meta, casual chatting, etc Further along we might even want to have more separate sections by topic - AI, robotics, space, etc So far, I've been creating those as communities.

This all gets very confusing for new users, especially migrants from r/futurology on Reddit, who are often encountering the fediverse for the first time.

Any suggestions on how to handle this better?

Any questions - post them here! Lemmy (the software running this site) is still in beta, as is the fediverse, so expect a few bumps and glitches.

https://futurology.today/

The site is for a reddit subreddit ( r/futurology) making its fediverse migration. We're almost ready to launch, but some people seem to have trouble registering & logging in. Obviously we want to understand why before we open it up.

If anyone wants to help and has a few moments it would be great if you could test joining. If successful, leave a post/comment in the site's meta section. If not, could you leave a comment here, with a description of the problem and any error message. The developer has asked if you have problems with the site, could you try logging in a second time here - https://a.futurology.today/ (it will better track error messages).

https://futurology.today/

The site is for a reddit subreddit ( r/futurology) making its fediverse migration. We're almost ready to launch, but some people seem to have trouble registering & logging in. Obviously we want to understand why before we open it up.

If anyone wants to help and has a few moments it would be great if you could test joining. If successful, leave a post/comment in the site's meta section. If not, could you leave a comment here, with a description of the problem and any error message. The developer has asked if you have problems with the site, could you try logging in a second time here - https://a.futurology.today/ (it will better track error messages).

We can tidy up and delete stuff before hard launch, so feel free to post all your observations and info here.