Asimov wrote first law of robotics in 1942: "A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.". Why not start from here?

I was reading about the eukaryotic cells and this thought popped up: What if either one of bacteria or archaea evolved on earth and the other one evolved on Mars and the one on Mars travelled to Earth with an asteroid? That would speed up the evolution of eukaryotic cells on Earth and would make the life we know of possible (within our time frame).

Anyone has any knowledge on the topic? Can we speculate which one would evolve on Earth and which on Mars? My impression is bacteria is more resistant to harsher conditions so it would be Archea on Earth and bacteria on Mars but maybe someone with a deeper knowledge can comment?

I was inspired by the recent debate about why we should not send humans to Mars soon. Now this idea supports it so that we will have more time to study the origins of life.

All the best for new year :)

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With this setup, I can sync my calendars and contacts between personal devices and work pc. With iphone, one can use cal and carddav out of the box. I remember using https://www.davx5.com/ on my android phone last year. I am not sure if it would still be necessary though.