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minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·3 months agoi wonder if humanoid aliens would be a common thing throughout the universe like a mass effect sorta thing
minus-squareleftzero@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoCrabs are much more likely. Everything turns into crabs, eventually.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months ago“Everything” with our sort of molecule for storing information. DNA might not be the only way.
minus-squareleftzero@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoIt’s not about DNA; it’s about “crab-like” being an optimal shape for something that has to move itself in and manipulate a variety of environments. It doesn’t matter if it’s an arthropod or a robot. Crab-like is almost always optimal.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-23 months agoOptimal for Earth environments. A crab body would not work if life evolved on a gas giant.
minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoi was thinking more on the convergent evolution side, since the worlds seem to be similar? but panspermia is a cool concept too.
minus-squareRevan343linkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoIf it’s gonna be convergent evolution, all the aliens are probably crab people
minus-squareLemminary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·3 months agoThat’s a humanoid wet dream! You wouldn’t need a schlob to mebeep for sexy times when you can just whip out the ol’ sausage.
i wonder if humanoid aliens would be a common thing throughout the universe
like a mass effect sorta thing
Crabs are much more likely. Everything turns into crabs, eventually.
“Everything” with our sort of molecule for storing information. DNA might not be the only way.
It’s not about DNA; it’s about “crab-like” being an optimal shape for something that has to move itself in and manipulate a variety of environments.
It doesn’t matter if it’s an arthropod or a robot. Crab-like is almost always optimal.
Optimal for Earth environments.
A crab body would not work if life evolved on a gas giant.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panspermia
i was thinking more on the convergent evolution side, since the worlds seem to be similar? but panspermia is a cool concept too.
If it’s gonna be convergent evolution, all the aliens are probably crab people
crab people crab people
That’s a humanoid wet dream! You wouldn’t need a schlob to mebeep for sexy times when you can just whip out the ol’ sausage.