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Old 14-August-2006, 05:57 AM
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Originally Posted by doctrellor View Post
3 kinds eh, cool
Yeah, seems fairly radical to me, but he posits the at least possible coexistence of two kinds of CHON (carbon-hydrogen-oxygen-nitrogen) life, one mediated by water and one by some kind of ammono-water solvent, as well as silane life.

I thought it was a fairly good read, if not his best work. There's a review of it here if you're interested:
http://www.fredbortz.com/review/LifeAsWeDoNotKnowIt.htm
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