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Still nothing short of incredible. "the recursive feedback loop of evolution" abstracts a mind boggling amount of complexity. How did such a complex system star
by umvi 6y ago
Still nothing short of incredible. "the recursive feedback loop of evolution" abstracts a mind boggling amount of complexity. How did such a complex system start? I suppose if we knew, abiogenesis would be a solved problem.
- lovecg 6y agoThere are some plausible theories, like RNA randomly crystallizing on a suitable surface. Sooner or later a self-copying one just happened to crystallize by chance, and there was no going back. Fun lecture series: https://youtu.be/PqPGOhXoprU https://youtu.be/PqPGOhXoprU
- shellfishgene 6y agoYou may like "The Vital Question" by Nick Lane, a book which presents one possible scenario in a quite readable way. Much of it is quite speculative of course, but you get a good idea what the basic principles are.
- KineticLensman 6y ago> "the recursive feedback loop of evolution" abstracts a mind boggling amount of complexity. How did such a complex system start? From something much simpler, and which has been iterating for approx 4 billion years.