aging calculations, science has now proven that life could evolve on a basis other than DNA. Furthermore, life does not have to be carbon based. Life may be derived from other elements such as silicon. Hydro-silicon molecules are possible, but since the silicon atom is much heavier than the carbon atom, the atomic bonds for silicon are only stable at much lower temperatures than for carbon (on the order of -150 F). So hydro-silicon compounds might form, for example, on the moons of the Jovian worlds where the temperatures are low.6 As of yet, the Earth has not experienced any contact from these other intelligent beings. I agree that this is a fact that does not support my ideas of the existence of such beings. However, I believe that it is possible that life as we know it may not be advanced enough, technologically speaking, to have the ability to contact extraterrestrials. Or, we presently may have the technology, but since humans have only had the ability to send detectible waves (like radio) outward from the planet for the last 100 years or so, and taking into account the great distances these waves have to travel, it is quite possible that nothing intelligent has heard us yet. In my opinion, if indeed we are alone in this universe, wouldn’t it just be a terrible waste of space?...
