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> wouldn't we just be biomechanical robots operating on stimuli? > are we just a more complex rock? of course we are. moreover, it's pretty straightforward to
by 0xBABAD00C 7y ago
> wouldn't we just be biomechanical robots operating on stimuli?
> are we just a more complex rock?
of course we are. moreover, it's pretty straightforward to trace our evolution back to rocks or rock-like formations.
- perl4ever 7y agoIt's pretty straightforward to trace our evolution back to single cells, but to rocks? And I don't think there is a clear idea of where viruses and stuff come in. I vaguely remember an article suggesting there might be a previously unknown mechanism used by the brain to handle memories that resembles (literal) viral machinery. Some think there might have been a biosphere before DNA, that used RNA. But presumably early life underwent transformations that wiped out the very first, whatever it was.
- 0xBABAD00C 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiogenesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiogenesis (see the "Origin of biological metabolism" section - lots of good new research coming out recently, including simulations of the very early processes predating life as such)