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>The probability of self-replicating RNA arising by random assembly of bases is very low. But it parallelizes extremely well - throughout the entire universe f
by trasz 4y ago
>The probability of self-replicating RNA arising by random assembly of bases is very low.
But it parallelizes extremely well - throughout the entire universe for billions of years.
- JJMcJ 4y agoOr here on Earth over say 100 million years with trillions of little globs of organic chemicals, likely with even simpler replication mechanisms that are not understood currently.
- trasz 4y agoWell, sure, but it wasn’t just Earth - literally everything in observable universe was involved in some complicated processes; it’s just that we came from a particular “branch” of this process and thus assume we’re the most extra special thing in the entire universe. And then of course there’s https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panpsychism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panpsychism.