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		euccastro on Sept 28, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why the Evidence of Water on the Moon is Bad News Well, if we accidentally exterminated a race of telepathic tin wave surfing aliens, that would be a shame! Is it already established that life needs water, carbon, and earth-like conditions?

ori_b on Sept 28, 2009 [–]

Certainly not. In theory, any self-replicating molecule that can operate with random errors in the replication can support evolution, and therefore eventually lead to something vaguely like life.

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