Jinn of Quality and Risk

It's only in the rinse cycle that you find out how dirty the laundry's been. We're in the rinse cycle now. Warren Buffett, sage of Omaha 

New Scientist: The acidic clouds of Venus could in fact be hiding life. Unlikely as it sounds, the presence of microbes could neatly explain several mysterious observations of the planet's atmosphere. Venus is usually written off as a potential haven for life because of its hellishly hot and acidic surface. But conditions in the atmosphere at an altitude of around 50 kilometres are relatively hospitable: the temperature is about 70 °C, with a pressure of about one atmosphere. This story is interesting for multiple reasons: first, the scientific process at work, i.e. examining experimental data, correlating with multiple experiments, attempting to integrate with existing knowledge, and finally putting forward a hypothesis that is deemed probable based on all available data; second, the possibility that life is abundant, or in other words that it is a normal occurence given universal physical, chemical, and biological laws we have identified so far. I remember when in the 70s we were being told that Venus was a hellish planet and no life would ever be possible there.