[Barnacle]

..one might say the suspicion is that the Sun is a "non-carbon-based life form"....

So, I suppose in no time at all, one will refer to fire as a "carbon-based life form."

[betty boop]

So, I suppose in no time at all, one will refer to fire as a "carbon-based life form."

That does not necessarily follow. Why do you jump to conclusions? You haven't heard the details of the hypothesis yet.