FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agoSomewhere out there, there may be an alien life form imagining how terrible a planet with molten dihydrogen monoxide in the atmosphere might be.message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down14
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareSomewhere out there, there may be an alien life form imagining how terrible a planet with molten dihydrogen monoxide in the atmosphere might be.FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-square🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoaren’t we biased we study so much water based chemistry because that’s basically the planet’s solvent. I imagine amonia could also have complex and distinct chemistry, or basically any polar fluid. or is there a chemical reason why water is better?
minus-squarebluGill@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoWater is very common. Others might or might not work. Most ofthe others are rare. (Amonia is not rare, I have no idea how useful it might be)
aren’t we biased we study so much water based chemistry because that’s basically the planet’s solvent.
I imagine amonia could also have complex and distinct chemistry, or basically any polar fluid.
or is there a chemical reason why water is better?
Water is very common. Others might or might not work. Most ofthe others are rare. (Amonia is not rare, I have no idea how useful it might be)