▲ | oh_fiddlesticks 4 days ago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The source code of life is recorded and transmitted using physical matter. Physics very much matters to matter. For development of any information storage systems made of molecules, there must be a supportive development environment. To even start the process of doing anything like what we see happening in a cell, homeostasis must be achieved first, and not inelegantly, its not good enough to have a complete cell wall if it has no ports for entry and exit of nutrients and waste product, thats also known as a coffin. Both the walls and the gates and the information / physical systems to reliably exploit those features must be present at the same time to enable abiogenesis. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
▲ | SJC_Hacker 4 days ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Not necessarily. The primitive cell wall could have used other mechanisms. For example simple protrusion of the membrane does not have to resulr in catastrophic collapse, if done slowly enough membrane allows substances to enter and exit and still remain intact by closing up quickly after wall is broken If you play around with soap bubbles carefully you can observe phenomena like this. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
▲ | AllegedAlec 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Congratulations. Now go and read the literature and learn how this might've occurred. You're not the first person to raise these objections. Biologists aren't morons. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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▲ | tomrod 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I see where you're coming from, but I think you're thinking across too far over the boundary. Quantum mechanics aren't ordinarily affected by non-sentient life, they're just primitive to the environment at the macro level. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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