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minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoThere’s also the ubiquity of certain elements/compounds. We look for carbon-based because of the ubiquity of carbon. Is life (or anything) more likely to occur based on the most ubiquitous chemicals or the most rare chemicals. Simple odds.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 days agoCarbon also has properties that help a lot with it. Afaik the other main candidate is silicon.
minus-squareT156@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoWe also have an idea what carbon-based life looks like, and can more easily look for it. For the others, we can really only guess.
There’s also the ubiquity of certain elements/compounds.
We look for carbon-based because of the ubiquity of carbon. Is life (or anything) more likely to occur based on the most ubiquitous chemicals or the most rare chemicals.
Simple odds.
Carbon also has properties that help a lot with it. Afaik the other main candidate is silicon.
We also have an idea what carbon-based life looks like, and can more easily look for it.
For the others, we can really only guess.