• cayde6ml
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    10 months ago

    I think it depends on thousands of factors about what aliens might look like. Environmental conditions, their equivalent of evolution, home location, species. I think they will simultaneously look exotic and familiar.

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      10 months ago

      of course there will be shared traits among life (assuming extraterrestrial life would also be carbon based), but yeah it depends and at this point is just speculation with no basis unfortunately.

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        10 months ago

        I’m a fan of the idea that certain alien species could be based on non-carbon elements or compounds. I think a silicon-based lifeform or a mechanical-lifeform that naturally evolved would be hella cool.

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            10 months ago

            I can understand doubt, but there is no real obstacle preventing it. Only needs to happen once for it to be true.