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[–] SarahValentine@pawb.social 35 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It kinda had to at some point right? DNA didn't exist until something other than DNA led to it.

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's abiogenesis in a nutshell.

[–] AloneDownUnder@quokk.au 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Did somebody ever try to recreate the bion experiments? I'm pretty sure Reich is considered a quack nowadays, but makes sense to just observe things with a good enough microscope and patience, one could observe abiogenesis in some form

[–] in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you're aware of Reich you might already have heard of René Thom's theory of morphogenesis and how he modeled it. If not see below.

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/414350

[–] AloneDownUnder@quokk.au 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Haven't read it, thanks for sharing

[–] in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Hey that first link I pasted, sucks if you don't have an account.

https://www.scribd.com/document/368137482/Mathematical-Models-of-Morphogenesis

Full paper there