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Sure but how much of them went extinct? I am not strong on early stage primordial soup and what went on there but I find it a little hard to believe that somet

Sure but how much of them went extinct? I am not strong on early stage primordial soup and what went on there but I find it a little hard to believe that something went completely extinct and then something completely new appeared. Surely there must be something that survived no?

hannasanarion 8y ago
> I am not strong on early stage primordial soup and what went on there Clearly, since the "giant mushrooms" and "primordial soup" were separated by 3 billion years (75% of the earth's existence) > I find it a little hard to believe that something went completely extinct and then something completely new appeared. Surely there must be something that survived no? Yes, they're called "offspring". You are basically assuming that an organism has the same eye color as it's 800 millionth great grandparent.
- ThomPete 8y ago
  I am aware of the difference between primordial soup and mushrooms :) dont think im assuming something, just trying to think through whether the emergent complexity process started way back or if its something that evolved more recently.
  - jamiek88 8y ago
    That’s like trying to understand the gravitational effects of dark matter without knowing basic maths. Rather pointless.
    - ThomPete 8y ago
      How is the pondering of historical occurrence of events that are normally considered part of evolution and thus connected to some extent pointless? I understand the basic "math" so to speak but congrats one scoring some cheap points.
- PhasmaFelis 8y ago
  There's no need to be a dick to someone who's trying to educate themselves.
pharrington 8y ago
Extinction is an absolute term. There is no difference between `slightly` extinct and `completely` extinct - quantifiers are meaningless here. It means 0 organisms of the taxonomical group in question (for this particular discussion, species) are alive. If you are arguing against the possibility of extinction, then be clear, and actually do that.
- ThomPete 8y ago
  Whats up with the attitude of people commenting on this? I am just speculating here, those semantic details arent important for the larger discussion i was trying to start.

hannasanarion 8y ago

> I am not strong on early stage primordial soup and what went on there Clearly, since the "giant mushrooms" and "primordial soup" were separated by 3 billion years (75% of the earth's existence) > I find it a little hard to believe that something went completely extinct and then something completely new appeared. Surely there must be something that survived no? Yes, they're called "offspring". You are basically assuming that an organism has the same eye color as it's 800 millionth great grandparent.

ThomPete 8y ago
I am aware of the difference between primordial soup and mushrooms :) dont think im assuming something, just trying to think through whether the emergent complexity process started way back or if its something that evolved more recently.
- jamiek88 8y ago
  That’s like trying to understand the gravitational effects of dark matter without knowing basic maths. Rather pointless.
  - ThomPete 8y ago
    How is the pondering of historical occurrence of events that are normally considered part of evolution and thus connected to some extent pointless? I understand the basic "math" so to speak but congrats one scoring some cheap points.
PhasmaFelis 8y ago
There's no need to be a dick to someone who's trying to educate themselves.

pharrington 8y ago

Extinction is an absolute term. There is no difference between `slightly` extinct and `completely` extinct - quantifiers are meaningless here. It means 0 organisms of the taxonomical group in question (for this particular discussion, species) are alive. If you are arguing against the possibility of extinction, then be clear, and actually do that.

ThomPete 8y ago
Whats up with the attitude of people commenting on this? I am just speculating here, those semantic details arent important for the larger discussion i was trying to start.