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   From: naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
   On 2018-05-01, Thomas Koenig  wrote:   
      
   > So, please make a useful suggestion regarding non-water-based life.   
   [...]   
   > If no, what sort of solvents do you propose?  Please state under   
   > which conditions they would be found in large quantities (preferably   
   > with an example in our Solar sytstem).   
      
   Hal Clement was fond of ammonia-based body fluid.  I don't know how   
   plausible that is.   
      
   > What functional groups should play the dominant role in this chemistry?   
   > How would the reactions work? What should be the main energy source for   
   > life?   
      
   Assuming for a moment, for argument's sake, that there was intelligent   
   non-water based life with our level of general chemical understanding,   
   could they predict these things from first principles for (from their   
   point of view) hypothetical water-based life?   
      
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   Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
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