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Comparison of a picture from Mars (left) to a picture from Earth (right) (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Crabs are much more likely. Everything turns into crabs, eventually.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Everything" with our sort of molecule for storing information. DNA might not be the only way.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's not about DNA; it's about β€œcrab-like” being an optimal shape for something that has to move itself in and manipulate a variety of environments.

It doesn't matter if it's an arthropod or a robot. Crab-like is almost always optimal.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Optimal for Earth environments.

A crab body would not work if life evolved on a gas giant.