19bitch !/nxYguuEzA started this discussion 5 years ago#102,024
During the walk I listened to "Conscious Stellar Objects", an episode of Science and Futurism With Isaac Arthur in which he discusses various ways by which life forms on a star could become conscious. The first half of the episode was pretty interesting, but the rest was mainly about what kind of megastructure would be most likely to arise naturally, which wasn't as interesting since it was mostly common sense. I wish he had focused more on organisms that could arise from the star's interior, but after thinking more about it I realized how how implausible it would be for such organisms to develop any substantial complexity, let alone sentience, so I don't blame him for dismissing it.
At the end when I still had a few minutes left, I listed to "Bruises" by Fox Stevenson - absolute banger!
Meta !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,153,180
How the fuck does life live on a star when it's 10,000 degrees ???
19bitch !/nxYguuEzA (OP) replied with this 5 years ago, 10 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,153,182
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
The very outer layers of stars are extremely thin, less dense than our atmosphere, so it’s possible that organisms made of metals with high melting points could literally float on the outer atmosphere of the star. Just vibin!