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If you want to learn more about possible ways for life to have started, I recommend the books by Nick Lane, especially "The Vital Question" and "Transformer."
by jmcqk6 3y ago
If you want to learn more about possible ways for life to have started, I recommend the books by Nick Lane, especially "The Vital Question" and "Transformer."
We have several hypothesis about the origin of life, and none of them require a divine creator. It turns out non-equilibrium systems dissipating energy will create complexity, as complexity is more efficient at dissipating energy. There is a natural selection pressure for building complexity!
- bla3 3y agoWhich one should I read first?
- jononomo 3y agoI recommend that you read The Stairway To Life: An Origin-Of-Life Reality Check by Tan and Stadler. https://a.co/d/aGlaDbI https://a.co/d/aGlaDbI
- tim333 3y agoThe Wikipedia articles are quite good also. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiogenesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiogenesis and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_world