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by NowThenGoodBad 2500 days ago
Science fiction and scientists have been proposing alternate forms of life for a long time.

I love TNG (and SW) but have to point out that their ideas in many places aren't new.

Example: Silicon based lifeforms

It's in the same column as carbon so we can have similar bonding structure and properties, so why not silicon-based life instead of carbon-based?