I’ve read plenty of material which would disagree with your skeptisim there eg (top link in DDG) https://www.astrobio.net/news-exclusive/possibility-silicon-ba

I’ve read plenty of material which would disagree with your skeptisim there eg (top link in DDG) https://www.astrobio.net/news-exclusive/possibility-silicon-based-life-grows/amp/ https://www.astrobio.net/news-exclusive/possibility-silicon-... Regarding life, I don’t just think human life could thrive in such environments, I think even single cell organisms could...if implanted there that is. As I said earlier, we have life on Earth in seemingly less hospitable environments like naked rock faces, sulphur-rich volcanic lakes, etc. We even have microbial life on Earth that uses arsenic as one of the chemical elements for DNA. So while 99.99% of life here does fall into a narrow spectrum, even on Earth we are constantly surprised by the ability for life to thrive and adapt in environments it classically shouldn’t. Therefore I think we should be open minded to the possibility of surprises outside our own ecosystems. Albeit bootstrapping aside.