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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 13:28:41 -0400
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On 4/29/2024 12:18 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
> On 4/28/2024 11:40 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>>
>> I beg to partially differ.  If we assume that all the known elements
>> are present in roughly the same distributions throughout the universe,
>> there's a good chance that self-replicating life processes will be
>> built using the same elements as on planet Earth.  "Carbon atoms are
>> unique because they can bond together to form very long, durable
>> chains that can have branches or rings of various sizes and often
>> contain thousands of carbon atoms."
>> <https://www.nature.com/articles/139290a0.pdf>
>> The emergence of life is possible with comparatively inferior elements
>> but the main building block will mostly likely be a stable atom that
>> will build the strongest and move versatile bonds to other atoms.
> 
> Agreed. I confess to low talent for chemistry. But I've not yet heard of 
> a detailed proposal for a chemistry of life built on anything but carbon.
> 
> If someone here has such a proposal, I'd happily run it by the chemists 
> in our family.

https://www.space.com/alien-life-not-carbon-based-autocatalysis-common

No offense to anyone in your family, but this goes far beyond plain ole 
chemistry


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