Re:Why extraterrestrial life may not seem alien
by coffeecat on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @01:21AM
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> (Life built from phonon "particles" in a planet-size crystal, anyone?)
It seems unfathomable to me that life could be composed of bosonic particles, since Pauli exclusion seems to be one of the most important reasons why matter (never mind living organisms!) has the property of spontaneously structuring itself in a rich and complicated way.
It seems unfathomable to me that life could be composed of bosonic particles, since Pauli exclusion seems to be one of the most important reasons why matter (never mind living organisms!) has the property of spontaneously structuring itself in a rich and complicated way.