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by marcosdumay 255 days ago
> due to abundance; ability to form many bonds; bonds that are just durable enough but not too durable

Well, the thing is that all of those are environment-dependent.

We do have data on a somewhat diverse set of environments, and it's enough to confirm what we knew about the flexibility of carbon. But it's not enough to disprove the alternatives.