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CMV: There's no good reason we should expect alien life to be organic

I've seen this thinking for a long time now, scientists explore the cosmos looking for conditions that could support organic life as we know it. Like planets being at the right distance from a star in order to hold liquid water.

Why do we assume aliens are going to be organic? I think it's way more likely they are a hive mind or AI running on machines instead of biological bodies.

We already know organic life needs plenty of condition to go right at the same time to flourish and it's extremely delicate. Anything from a droight to cosmic radiation can kill it.

It seems to me like a sentient being running on a robotic body has a way better chance at survival.
gpt
>Why do we assume aliens are going to be organic?

Because assuming chemistry operates uniformly across the universe, it is the most probable way for complex chemicals to form based on the known properties of the elements. The stability of carbon combined with it's ability to form an enormous array of compounds makes it the most likely candidate.