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The wide range of extremophiles here on earth makes me think that this paper is parochial, at best. Carbon is versatile and oxygen is a great source of energy,
by kabdib 7y ago
The wide range of extremophiles here on earth makes me think that this paper is parochial, at best. Carbon is versatile and oxygen is a great source of energy, but that doesn't preclude other biochemical systems.
Given the amount of real estate in the universe that is "out in the cold" (Oort cloud equivalents, way beyond the snow line) it may be that we are the oddballs, and there are scientists out there wondering how life would be possible with molten ice and burning things with something as hellishly reactive as atomic oxygen. Free-floating planets might be where the really good parties are in our galaxy.
- fhars 7y ago“They are made out of meat” http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/TheyMade.shtml http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/TheyMade.sh...
- throwaway743 7y agoThat was beautiful. Thank you for the good laugh
- Fricken 7y agoWouldn't the best place to look for life be right here on Earth? I mean, if it could be demonstrated that life has or had more than a single origin on Earth, then we'd have 2 data points, and it would suggest that under the right conditions the emergence of life is not an anomalous occurrence.