The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 6 个月前Comparison of a picture from Mars (left) to a picture from Earth (right)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1533
arrow-up1533imageComparison of a picture from Mars (left) to a picture from Earth (right)lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 6 个月前message-square61fedilink
minus-square-☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·6 个月前i wonder if humanoid aliens would be a common thing throughout the universe like a mass effect sorta thing
minus-squareleftzerolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 个月前Crabs are much more likely. Everything turns into crabs, eventually.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 个月前“Everything” with our sort of molecule for storing information. DNA might not be the only way.
minus-squareleftzerolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 个月前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.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-26 个月前Optimal for Earth environments. A crab body would not work if life evolved on a gas giant.
minus-squareLemminary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 个月前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.
minus-square-☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 个月前i was thinking more on the convergent evolution side, since the worlds seem to be similar? but panspermia is a cool concept too.
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 个月前If it’s gonna be convergent evolution, all the aliens are probably crab people
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.
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.
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