>>14849835
Sagan was right about that, though.
Sure, life elsewhere in the universe is probably more likely to be carbon-based than not, but it's foolish to assume all other life must play by the same rules we're familiar with.
Silicon-based life might be more rare, but still very possible.
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothetical_types_of_biochemistry
>>14849843
It disparages the assumption that aliens must be carbon-based, because of how this limits imagination. Similar to how aliens are often assumed to need liquid water and use DNA, when there's no reason for those to be absolute, fundamental requirements