Watcher of the skiesChannel 9, Astrobiology, Operating Systems, and other unrelated thingsLife: Beyond Carbon and Water- May 15, 2004 We generally make the assumption that carbon and water are fundamental ingredients required for the advent of living systems in the universe. Given that all the data we have to work with is based on the behavior of biologic systems operating on the surface of a single planet, this conclusion, from a purely scientific perspective, is based on insufficient understanding. If we define life as a pattern of physical behavior that is independent of its specific physical and chemical ingredients, then.http://blogs.msdn.com/lifeontitan/archive/2004/05/14/132364.aspx |