Chapter 137: About Extraterrestrial Civilizations
Theoretically, this type of silicon-based life is unlikely to emerge in an Earth-like environment. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info because in the earth's environment, most of the free silicon will be fixed. Although it is theoretically possible for matter to be different at high temperatures, the scientific community has not yet found any evidence to support this theory.
Moreover, if you make a deep comparison with carbon-based, the disadvantages of silicon-based will be obvious.
In the universe, most of the time silicon can only play a supporting role for carbon, because carbon can form more stable and diverse complex structures necessary for life, and carbon molecules can adsorb oxygen and hydrogen to form very stable valence bonds.
In addition, carbon is extremely widespread and ubiquitous in the universe, and has existed for billions of years. These advantages are incomparable to other elemental life structures.
In addition to carbon and silicon, it is theoretically possible for other elements to build unique living systems.
For example, elements such as boron and arsenic (which can form an organism that is highly toxic to humans), like carbon and silicon, also have a tendency to form strong covalent molecular compounds, thus forming many different molecular structure forms.
However, the flaws of these elements are also significant:
First, these elements are extremely low in abundance in the universe and unevenly distributed.
Second, these elemental lifeforms are very demanding on the natural environment.
Third, organic life based on the structure of these scarce elements will face many problems in terms of quantitative growth and the composition of genetic material.
"These ideas are indeed quite unusual, and astronomers have speculated that silicon-based life could exist on an extremely hot planet, where the atmosphere is rich in hydrogen and a small amount of oxygen to allow for the presence of complex silane chemistry that contains selenium and tellurium and can desorb silicon bonds." Yuan Haochen added.
"I don't think it's possible that such a planet exists, and even if it does, it must be very rare. Moreover, such organisms must be very slow to replicate, difficult to move, and most importantly, difficult for them to survive in the earth's environment, so they are unlikely to pose a threat to us. ”
"They may be able to destroy the city slowly, but they are slow, hard-bodied stupid big guys. No, we can use jackhammers to deal with their nakedness. Haha~~" Durunik had a lewd smile on his face
"Durunik, you lewd, you're starting to be naughty again." Yuan Haochen smiled sarcastically.
In the time that followed, Hara and Durukik went on to explore several other more astonishing classes of life forms, including those based on quantum mechanics, weak nuclear forces, and gravity, plasma forms, and mechanical forms of artificial life.
These bizarre lifeforms are even capable of surviving in red-hot stellar environments, as well as white dwarfs and black holes with their terrifying gravity.
However, these theoretical extraterrestrial life are too fanciful. So far, at least, only the planet where the alien doctor is located, the civilized world of our Creator, is real.
Speaking of this, Durunik still remembered the alien doctor, so he continued to ask Yuan Haochen: "You really can't remember the morphological characteristics of our creator?" ”
"It's not that I can't remember, but the information itself is very vague, after all, it's not a complete memory fragment." Yuan Chen spread his hands and explained.
"Is it possible that after 2.1 billion years, the information stored by the AI was damaged and lost?"
"I think this possibility is relatively low, after all, it is artificial intelligence, and it should not be like humans in the situation of 'forgetting'." Yuan Haochen has also considered this aspect, but he does not agree with this view, because the operation of the Genesis 8 artificial intelligence has been good until the final stage.
"The life forms on the planet where Dr. Alien is located are very different from Earth in terms of morphology. However, in essence, the structure of life on earth should be the same or similar, that is, we should belong to a similar life structure, but because we live in different ecological environments, there are certain differences. Durunik continued to make relevant conjectures.
"I agree with this, the spark of life left by the alien doctors on Earth and Mars must have been created based on the life forms on their own planets. So the life forms that come out of the way should be similar to themselves. As for the ultimate differences in life forms, it is also completely in line with the scientific theory of biological evolution. Yuan Haochen nodded and said.
"What about the system of civilization between us and the world in which the Creator lives? There should be no connection, after all, they only created conditions for life, but did not leave us relevant scientific and civilization materials. ”
"Indeed, the technological civilization that exists between Earth and the planet of the Alien Doctor should be two independent paths of development. If there are really extraterrestrial forces interfering in the process of civilization on the earth, then the civilization of the earth will definitely not be only at the level it is today. Yuan Haochen replied with great certainty.
"Although it is very likely that the development paths of all technological civilizations in the universe are very different. However, I believe that when the scientific and technological civilization develops to the extreme, it will definitely go to the same end, and finally it will all go to the origin of the universe. ”
Speaking of this, Yuan Haochen was very emotional in his heart, revealing the mystery of the origin of the universe, isn't this his dream all along? It's just that he knows very well how slim it should be to realize this wish in his lifetime.
"Well, all roads lead to Rome, and the final point of cosmic civilization must be the same!!" Trunik was also convinced of this.
"2.1 billion years have passed, and I wonder where the Creators are now? Is there still a ...... in this universe?"
Thinking of this, both Yuan Haochen and Durukik fell into deep thought.
(To be continued) (Welcome to join the book friends exchange group: 529839423)