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Re:Scientists recreated classic origin-of-life experiment an... by gliptic on Friday October 29, 2021 @09:48AM (#29038338)
If you never learn where a few molecules came from, how could you possibly make progress on the problem?
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Re:Scientists recreated classic origin-of-life experiment an... by dekhn on Friday October 29, 2021 @02:19PM (#29041819)
we made substantial progress in biology before we understood molecules. this is because it's not necessary to be entirely reductive to understand larger systems.
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Re:Scientists recreated classic origin-of-life experiment an... by gliptic on Friday October 29, 2021 @03:06PM (#29042367)
Yes, but we're talking origin of life.
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