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Re:Time-lapse of a single cell transforming into a salamande... by umvi on Monday January 25, 2021 @08:08PM (#25911186)
Still nothing short of incredible. "the recursive feedback loop of evolution" abstracts a mind boggling amount of complexity. How did such a complex system start? I suppose if we knew, abiogenesis would be a solved problem.
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Re:Time-lapse of a single cell transforming into a salamande... by lovecg on Monday January 25, 2021 @11:03PM (#25912391)
There are some plausible theories, like RNA randomly crystallizing on a suitable surface. Sooner or later a self-copying one just happened to crystallize by chance, and there was no going back. Fun lecture series: https://youtu.be/PqPGOhXoprU
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Re:Time-lapse of a single cell transforming into a salamande... by KineticLensman on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @10:41AM (#25917049)
> "the recursive feedback loop of evolution" abstracts a mind boggling amount of complexity. How did such a complex system start?

From something much simpler, and which has been iterating for approx 4 billion years.

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Re:Time-lapse of a single cell transforming into a salamande... by shellfishgene on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @04:44AM (#25914031)
You may like "The Vital Question" by Nick Lane, a book which presents one possible scenario in a quite readable way. Much of it is quite speculative of course, but you get a good idea what the basic principles are.
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