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Inorganic Life?

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GoGeTa006:

--- Quote from: AceHigh on November 30, 2011, 02:45:43 AM ---Without digging too deep into semantics, doesn't this mean that life is organic, just not carbon based lifeform?

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if you're referring to the title of the thread. . .I know what you mean but "academically" I have learned that organic-*insert here* means its carbon based

the name is funny

iChells. . .

AceHigh:
Ah, "organic" and "carbon based" are just synonymous words, now I know.

newy:
Iirc, it's compounds containing carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and a fifth one that I can't think of defines "organic." It's been a while since I had chemistry >_<

And that article. Tbh it's nothing new and scientist are aware that life could exist that hasn't evolved the way it did on Earth. The problem they face though: How to detect such life if you have not really made a definition on what life is and the knowledge so far about carbon-based organisms can't be transferred so easily.

AceHigh:
Self reproduction, mutation/evolution alone should qualify, right? After all that is pretty much what viruses are, it's not like they are sentient or anything like that.

pingryanime:
There are those who argue that viruses aren't actually alive as well.

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