Throwawaycuzawkward

Throwawaycuzawkward t1_jdprpl4 wrote

Reply to Listening to music in different languages by rashan688

So: English is my first language, I also speak German and Spanish.

I listen to English, German, and Spanish music all the time.

Are you trying to learn languages?

I would always - and this will seem silly - recommend Sesame Street/Calle Sesame/Sesamme Strasse/ It's meant for children, but it's meant for them because it helps language skills. It's a really important program and it's available in almost ever country,.

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Throwawaycuzawkward t1_j2c3hqo wrote

Reply to comment by Responsible-Big-2644 in ELI5: Why do we say that all life known is carbon based ? by Responsible-Big-2644

It wasn't a stupid question, my response was. And yes: Carbon is central to the chemical bonds that make up everything meaningful in your body: proteins that help repair wounds and your farts. Literally everything.

There's a specific kind of Chemistry, you can get a very expensive degree in it that those that have it generally call: O-Chem, Organic Chemistry, and it is specifically about the chemicals and chemical reactions made up by Carbon, essentially.

Like I said, Science has been down that rabbit hole, for about 90 years in fact. I know you can't see it with your eyes, but we can see it with chemical reactions, and Electron Spectrometry, and a bunch of other stuff.

There's several robots on mars currently that are looking for - and have found - chemical signatures of life there, all of them based around carbon-bonded compounds.

I would encourage you to go look into basic chemistry - not because you're basic, but because you are obviously curious, and a little understanding of how atoms are made up will make it clear to you, I think, why Carbon is, in fact "the glue" in the organic chemistry of life.

Best of luck, friend.

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Throwawaycuzawkward t1_j2bzhea wrote

Reply to ELI5: Why do we say that all life known is carbon based ? by Responsible-Big-2644

"For all i know i am not made of carbon"

If this is your argument: "I can't see it, so how do I know if it's true?" then modern science might not be for you.

If you'd actually like to know: there is a reason; it has to do with the commonality of certain atoms in the universe, but almost more to do with their valence electrons.

Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen bond very easily with each other into long polymers, that have unique properties, because they easily share electron and they are very common. These polymers - some of them - form the foundations of life as we so far know it. Though there is an easy argument for Silicon based life, for the same reasons.

I'D LIKE TO EDIT MY STATEMENT, because it was originally arrogant, but I'll leave the original arrogance: If this is your argument: "I can't see it, so how do I know if it's true?" then modern science MIGHT ACTUALLY be for you.

You should question things. THAT is modern science. Modern science, as it happens, has already been down the rabbit hole of "what are we made of?" and Carbon most definitely lies at it's center.

I'm glad you're asking questions, and I apologize for my initial reaction.

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