Re:First Images from Euclid Are In
by kjkjadksj on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @12:19PM
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Because there are probably an uncountable number of different turns life could have made instead to lead to dramatically different outcomes. Life iterates on itself. Mutations on top of mutations. Mitochondria could have just as easily never been enveloped by our eukaryotic ancestors and life would look a hell of a lot different today.
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Re:First Images from Euclid Are In
by colordrops on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @01:57PM
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Having a high cardinality of permutations doesn't say anything one way or another about the probability of life arising. it's just hand waving.
I’m not arguing about life merely arising. I’m arguing about the unlikelihood of our idea of intelligence.
Re:First Images from Euclid Are In
by colordrops on Thursday October 24, 2024 @12:13AM
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"merely" arising. As if it were a simple process itself. Couldn't your argument be applied to either?