On Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 4:30:18 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > > > On 10/14/2018 2:14 PM, Philip Thrift wrote: > > >> The particular molecular substrate matters for experience (vs. >> information) processing. >> >> >> But that's not evidence against some different substrate "mattering" for >> experience. >> >> Brent >> > > > That's true, and I don't know enough about molecular chemistry, or > supramolecular chemistry, their connection to life, etc. to say. > > But there was one kind of chemical "soup" here on Earth that gave rise to > conscious beings, and ET searchers are looking for planets with a similar > soup composition. Maybe a different kind of soup would do? > > > Maybe silicon chips would do. > > Brent >
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