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> there are no organic compounds that don't contain carbon It's very much nitpicking and an edge case but now you've got me wondering if some silicone hydrocar
by fc417fc802 8mo ago
> there are no organic compounds that don't contain carbon
It's very much nitpicking and an edge case but now you've got me wondering if some silicone hydrocarbon analogs might not qualify. Noting that we have plausible theories about the feasibility of silicone based life.
- andrewflnr 8mo ago> we have plausible theories about the feasibility of silicone based life. ... Do we? Last I heard those weren't really viable due to some combination of being too stable or too unstable in all the available solvents.
- fc417fc802 8mo agoMaybe I'm out of date then. They looked plausible when I read about them years ago.