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I like the "lipid world" hypothesis over the "RNA world". It reminds me of the chicken or the egg argument. I don't see how life could form outside of a control
by ambyra 3y ago
I like the "lipid world" hypothesis over the "RNA world". It reminds me of the chicken or the egg argument. I don't see how life could form outside of a controlled environment, like an egg or a seed. Something forms in a lipid that couldn't form in a harsh nature, the lipid pops, the something gets to hang out with the other somethings that formed in lipids nearby, and they get reabsorbed by lipids. Make sense to me. There are so many specific control mechanisms for getting inside of eggs, seeds, cells, etc. Seems like a fundamental part of life. I remember something from the "your inner fish" book, talking about how all of evolution in a body happens between layers.
- _yb2s 3y agoYes, as I understand it the metabolism first and lipid first ideas are related, in that you have some sort of micelle or vesicle that contains metabolism, and is partitioned off in a way that selection can act on them.