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Re:Why extraterrestrial life may not seem alien by Retric on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @03:39PM (#28053208)
The tangible existence is irrelevant, computational chemistry is more than capable of exploring this territory. The issue isn’t simply finding giant complex molecules that would make up such hypothetical lifeforms it’s looking for the basic building blocks.

In the end all of chemistry comes down to quantum mechanics it really is quite constrained. Put another way you can list our every possible 2-9 atom molecule containing Silicon plus common elements and look at how the behave.

Re:Why extraterrestrial life may not seem alien by ncmncm on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @04:13PM (#28053573)
And, you claim to have not just made such a list, but also explored all of their possible interactions with one another and with what could be common non-Si compounds in their vicinity? You and what ten thousand universities?

You are just making things up. Who do you imagine believes you? Why do you want them to believe you?

Re:Why extraterrestrial life may not seem alien by Retric on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @01:21PM (#28063703)
No, can is not did. My point was it’s a finite space.

People have explored some of this space and found nothing.