Silicon-Based Life and the Anthropic Principle
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What are the primary atoms that life is based on?

  • Silicon, nitrogen, phosphorous
  • Carbon, oxygen, hydrogen
  • Carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, phosphorous, sulfur (correct)
  • Silicon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, phosphorous, sulfur

    • What does the anthropic principle tell us about the existence of life?

  • Life would not have happened in any universe
  • Life would have happened if there were different physical constants
  • Life would have happened if not on planet Earth, then on some other planet (correct)
  • Life would have happened only on planet Earth

    • What are the properties that define life?

  • Having a mechanism to carry out instructions only
  • Having a set of instructions and a mechanism to carry them out (correct)
  • Having a set of instructions and a mechanism to sustain and reproduce itself
  • Having a set of instructions only

    • Why is carbon-based life considered the most favorable?

    <p>Because carbon-based life has the richest chemistry</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main question the text states we don't have an answer to?

    <p>Why did life occur?</p> Signup and view all the answers

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