Carbon chauvinism
is a neologism meant to disparage the assumption that the chemical
processes of hypothetical extraterrestrial life must be constructed primarily from
carbon (that is organic compounds) because carbon's chemical and thermodynamic
properties render it far superior to all other elements.
processes of hypothetical extraterrestrial life must be constructed primarily from
carbon (that is organic compounds) because carbon's chemical and thermodynamic
properties render it far superior to all other elements.
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