Re:Why extraterrestrial life may not seem alien
by Retric on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @01:23PM
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> Yet, there are simple Si compounds that are gaseous at such temperatures.
Silicon tetrafluoride might be a gas, but it’s not going to be plentiful. If you feel there are real options here feel free to list em.
> that says less than nothing about whether photosynthesis of different products using a different molecule and a different process could evolve.
Carnot efficiency does. You can’t simply scale up temperature and expect equivalent efficiency.
Chlorophyll photosynthesis does not work well at high temperature, but that says less than nothing about whether photosynthesis of different products using a different molecule and a different process could evolve. What we can say is that if it could, it would, somewhere.
You have no basis beyond your own preconceptions for any statements about likelihood. Thus, your estimate is 100% confabulation.