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You’re getting a lot of negative feedback for whatever reason, but you’re absolutely right.

I for one remember reading about possible silicon/methane based life, etc. Actually, here’s a whole wikipedia article on what you’re talking about.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothetical_types_of_bioche...

Perhaps HN folks will lose your scent now and direct their snark there

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But when you dig down deep on theories like that it just doesn’t make sense from a chemistry or physics standpoint. Everyone saw that Star Trek episode about silicon based life and ran with it as being possible. It’s just a show.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil_in_the_Dark

https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~ejchaisson/cosmic_evolution/do...

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