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Do you mind summarizing the hypothesis for the person who doesn't have time at the moment to read that (me).
by newuser6969 8y ago
Do you mind summarizing the hypothesis for the person who doesn't have time at the moment to read that (me).
- ericdykstra 8y agoIt's the conclusion of Dawkins' The Selfish Gene and The Extended Phenotype. The Revolutionary Phenotype describes the transition of life from protein self-replicator (no known current ancestors), to protein-RNA tangos (no known current ancestors), to RNA replicators (current RNA viruses), to RNA-DNA tango (RNA-DNA reverse transcribing viruses), to DNA replicator (biological life). The next revolutionary phenotype (let's call it RT) would be one that replaces DNA, first via a DNA-RT tango (machines editing our DNA) and eventually with RT (the machines) replacing DNA completely. The video I linked above goes over the consequences of this. The book will describe it in more detail, and is slated to be released next month.