silicon
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An element discussed as a potential basis for life, but deemed less suitable than carbon due to the stability of silicon dioxide and its inability to form complex molecular chains.
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How Earth REALLY Moves Through the Galaxy
PBS Space Time
An element discussed as a potential basis for life, but deemed less suitable than carbon due to the stability of silicon dioxide and its inability to form complex molecular chains.
Jeffrey Shainline: Neuromorphic Computing and Optoelectronic Intelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #225
Lex Fridman
A semiconductor material with ideal properties for making transistors due to its malleable nature, ability to form a stable native oxide (silicon dioxide), and suitable band gap for ambient temperature operation.