My goodness, you mean to imply that evolution may work universally? Those Godless, promiscuous elements... ;) What about sulphur? Carl Sagan agreed with you (and I, for that matter), stating that he was an admitted "carbon chauvenist". The apparent abundance of water in the universe would tend to support carbon processes, as well. --- Michael Carnes <michaelcarnes@earthlink.net> wrote:
Granted that there may be room for all sorts of other frameworks, but carbon provides a pretty good basis for life. It's one of the most promiscuous of the lighter elements and can form all sorts of complex molecules. Even with very different life-forms, it's possible to imagine that a lot of the basic chemistry might be the same.
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