If the universe is only 5% atoms and the rest is unknown, why do we expect aliens to look or act like anything remotely similar to us or anything we've ever known?

Dark matter along with dark energy make up over 95% of the universe. Scientists can only speculate as to what either of these things are made of. Dark matter does not interact with light so it's basically invisible, but it accounts for 85% of all matter in the universe. It seems to be everywhere yet we have yet to find one single particle of it. We could be walking through the stuff daily without knowing it.

Then there's dark energy. Its an unknown form of energy thats responsible for the expansion of the universe. This force single handedly makes up over 70% of the universe. The thing most abundant we know the least about.

The one thing we do know is atoms. We were taught in school everything is made of atoms. Except everything is not made of atoms. In fact so little is made of atoms that it would be a straight up lie to say that at this point.

So why then if we talk about alien life do we assume it is made of the atom? Is it because thats the easy answer? All life is carbon based or otherwise it is not considered life?

How can we possibly say something like that when the only life we know represents a measly 5% of what we understand.

Submitted January 18, 2021 at 10:25PM by QualityKoalaTeacher https://ift.tt/3qvgqRG