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minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoi wonder if humanoid aliens would be a common thing throughout the universe like a mass effect sorta thing
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panspermia
minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoi was thinking more on the convergent evolution side, since the worlds seem to be similar? but panspermia is a cool concept too.
minus-squareleftzero@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoCrabs are much more likely. Everything turns into crabs, eventually.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months ago“Everything” with our sort of molecule for storing information. DNA might not be the only way.
minus-squareleftzero@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoIt’s not about DNA; it’s about “crab-like” being an optimal shape for something that has to move itself in and manipulate a variety of environments. It doesn’t matter if it’s an arthropod or a robot. Crab-like is almost always optimal.
i wonder if humanoid aliens would be a common thing throughout the universe
like a mass effect sorta thing
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panspermia
i was thinking more on the convergent evolution side, since the worlds seem to be similar? but panspermia is a cool concept too.
Crabs are much more likely. Everything turns into crabs, eventually.
“Everything” with our sort of molecule for storing information. DNA might not be the only way.
It’s not about DNA; it’s about “crab-like” being an optimal shape for something that has to move itself in and manipulate a variety of environments.
It doesn’t matter if it’s an arthropod or a robot. Crab-like is almost always optimal.