Yes.
Carbon is the
molecular basis for all known
life-forms. Carbon is an
eight-sided molecule, unless you count the
Bucky Balls, which I do. But the
trick is, Carbon is only OUR god. Maybe the
other elements have life-forms somewhere, too, huh? Maybe
other planets have conditions
suitable not for Carbon-based life, but
helium-based life.
And what about those
horrible oxymorons of
modern science, the
man-made elements? Maybe
they'll spawn life too, and somewhere there will be a whole
planetful of
Californium-based life.
Then again...they
always say that
DNA replication and
improvement might be our main purpose in
living, as far as
the Universe is concerned. So what if the
molecules are the
gods of science and not
DNA? Maybe the whole
push of life is for each type of
element to
spawn life and get to the
point where it
creates more elements. Perhaps our
whole civilization arose just because the Carbon decided that
science was a good way to
get us to make more elements. Maybe our whole
history is
validated because we
already did.
Then again, maybe
people like me shouldn't
smoke pot and
get online. Hmmm...
deep thinking.