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To: Raebie

“Next year: All carbon-based life forms.”

Is there such a thing as non-carbon-based life?

You are right, though, that’s the direction in which Time is headed (ell, that and towards bankruptcy). The following year will have to be everything that exists, I guess. Then everything theoretically possible. Then I don’t know.


14 posted on 12/14/2011 1:26:11 PM PST by Tublecane
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To: Tublecane

There was once a Star Trek episode in which they encountered a silicon based life form. Kirk and Spock and the guys were surprised to find a life form which was not carbon based.

So at least in the realm of science fiction, there are non-carbon based life forms.


16 posted on 12/14/2011 1:42:23 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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