Some chemical reactions take place by the action of light. These are called, "photochemical reactions", or "photolysis". Mechanistic organic photochemistry is the aspect of organic photochemistry which seeks to explain the mechanisms of organic photochemical reactions. The absorption of ultraviolet light by organic molecules often leads to reactions. In the earliest days, sunlight was employed, while in more modern times ultraviolet lamps are employed. Organic photochemistry has proven to be a very useful synthetic tool. Complex organic products can be obtained simply. Over the last century and earlier an immense number of photochemical reactions have been uncovered. — Wikipedia
Space colonization could be rendered possible without having to build spaceships, developing life-support systems, etc. All we would need to seed the galaxy would be knowledge of what kind of electromagnetic radiation and what kind of frequencies/wavelengths would kickstart basic life-originating chemical processes on habitable planets. — TheMadFool
Even if you could cause life to appear on exoplanets, there's no reason to think intelligent life would develop. That is, unless you're a theist and believe in a telos. — Relativist
It would take a lot more than radio waves to direct evolution toward the development of intelligence.if intelligent creatures are conducting galactic seeding operations of the kind I described here, it's more likely that they intend to create intellgent life like themselves than not. — TheMadFool
It would take a lot more than radio waves to direct evolution toward the development of intelligence. — Relativist
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