Life on Venus
Scientists send a probe to Venus, not to look for life there, but to check whether Earth would show the same signs from the same distance. A lesson in false positives.
Transcript
[1] "We believe we've seen indications of life on Venus, so we're sending a sophisticated probe." "Cool! To check for life?" [2] "What? No! To check if Earth shows the same indications from the same distance."
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2022-04-05-life-on-venus/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)