> Yeah that make sense, but still very much earthlike biology perspective. What does that mean? The parent’s point was that this isn’t just a matter of looking

> Yeah that make sense, but still very much earthlike biology perspective. What does that mean? The parent’s point was that this isn’t just a matter of looking for what is already familiar, but a matter of through the lens of what affordances the elements have and therefore what, in principle, is likely or even possible, to the best of our physical/chemical knowledge. There’s a rational middle ground between parochialism and anything goes.