Re:Constructor Theory Solves the Riddle of Life
by dangerlibrary on Thursday July 16, 2015 @09:26PM
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I don't think either constructor theory or any alternative theory addresses anything I skipped.
Either you accept that the initial state that lead to life was constructed, or you accept that it was not constructed and are faced with the problem that constructor theory intends to address. These theories attempt to explain why the initial state for the universe was conducive to life/stars/black holes/whatever - everything I described is long after the fact.
Re:Constructor Theory Solves the Riddle of Life
by qq66 on Friday July 17, 2015 @12:57AM
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Oh, I don't think "constructor theory" answers any interesting questions. I just think that there is a very interesting question about how we get from primordial soup to self-replicating cells that we don't have a good answer for yet.
Either you accept that the initial state that lead to life was constructed, or you accept that it was not constructed and are faced with the problem that constructor theory intends to address. These theories attempt to explain why the initial state for the universe was conducive to life/stars/black holes/whatever - everything I described is long after the fact.