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Why is All Life Carbon-Based, Not Silicon? Three Startling Reasons

Why is All Life Carbon-Based, Not Silicon? Three Startling Reasons

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The question is Why Carbon?

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The question is Why Carbon?

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Why is All Life Carbon-Based, Not Silicon? Three Startling Reasons

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  1. 1 The question is Why Carbon?
  2. 2 First crucial factor: Complexity
  3. 3 Second factor: Abundance
  4. 4 Third factor: Stability precludes Silicon
  5. 5 Putting it all together
  6. 6 Other Forms of Life may exist already
  7. 7 Detailed course on this subject available at Wondrium

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