A recent mathematical analysis says that life as we know it is written into the laws of reality. DNA is built from a set of twenty amino acids - the first ten of those can create simple prebiotic life, and now it seems that those ten are thermodynamically destined to occur wherever they can......
"The study indicates that you don't need a miracle to arrive at the chemical cocktail for early life, just a decently large asteroid with the right components. That's all. The entire universe could be stuffed with life, from the earliest prebiotic protein-a-likes to fully DNAed descendants. The path from one to the other is long, but we've had thirteen and a half billion years so far and it's happened at least once.
The comments after the article are a treat!
ReplyDeleteYes they are. Specifically the guy who picked up the mistake about the DNA being made oF NUCLEIC ACIDS (The NA in DNA), NOT amino acids..DNA actually stand for deoxyribonucleic acid..Btw, I often read the comments on articles. Complementary information.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how other worlds compare to ours in terms of oppression and injustice.
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