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arrow-up1532arrow-down1imageComparison of a picture from Mars (left) to a picture from Earth (right)lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to [Dormant] moved to !space@mander.xyz@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-squareleftzero@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoCrabs are much more likely. Everything turns into crabs, eventually.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months ago“Everything” with our sort of molecule for storing information. DNA might not be the only way.
minus-squareleftzero@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 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-210 months agoOptimal for Earth environments. A crab body would not work if life evolved on a gas giant.
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panspermia
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoIf it’s gonna be convergent evolution, all the aliens are probably crab people
minus-squareLemminary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·10 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.
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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
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If it’s gonna be convergent evolution, all the aliens are probably crab people
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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.