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BEDAU'S GAUNTLET. "Demonstrate an Artificial Chemistry in Which the Transition to Life Occurs in Silico. Few questions concerning living systems are as fundamental as the spontaneous generation of life, and a constructive context in which to explore this issue is artificial chemistry." https://lnkd.in/dsMZPii View in LinkedIn

BEDAU CHALLENGES. "Provide a quantitative model of the interplay between cultural and biological evolution." https://lnkd.in/dsMZPii View in LinkedIn

BEDAU CHALLENGES. "Evaluate the influence of machines on the next major evolutionary transition of life." https://lnkd.in/dsMZPii View in LinkedIn

BEDAU CHALLENGES. "Demonstrate the emergence of intelligence and mind in an artificial living system." https://lnkd.in/dsMZPii View in LinkedIn

BEDAU on video talking about emergence. https://lnkd.in/dPUpdiW 1 View in LinkedIn

ARE NANOBES ALIVE? “The smallest are just 20 nanometers in diameter. Some researchers believe that these structures are crystal growths, but the staining of these structures with dyes that bind to DNA might indicate that they are living organisms.” https://lnkd.in/eckY5qA View in LinkedIn

BOATLOAD OF EROSION. “Their evidence implies a culprit behind all of the missing rock: global tectonic uplift associated with the breakup of the ancient supercontinent Rodinia. This means there was probably a boatload of erosion. The timing of the GU’s formation may also help explain what triggered the so-called “snowball Earth” glaciations, an episode beginning about 720 million years ago in which much of the planet likely became covered in ice sheets.’ https://lnkd.in/ddDSSXe View in LinkedIn

WHAT IS A NANOBE? “A nanobe is a tiny filamental structure first found in some rocks and sediments. Some scientists hypothesize that nanobes are the smallest form of life, 1/10 the size of the smallest known bacteria. No conclusive evidence exists that these structures are, or are not, living organisms, so their classification is controversial.” Found 3 miles below the seabed in rocks. https://lnkd.in/eckY5qA View in LinkedIn

MASSIVE UNDERSTATEMENT. “We conclude that the Phanerozoic sedimentary record is best explained by a Great Unconformity of inherently coupled erosive and constructive genesis, with Neoproterozoic glacial erosion governing the subsequent history of continental freeboard and sediment accumulation. As such, the environmental and geochemical changes that led to the diversification of multicellular animals may be considered a direct consequence of Neoproterozoic glaciation.” https://lnkd.in/d6fatHN View in LinkedIn

"NANOBE structures have been found within organisms as well as rocks. While their existence is relatively new knowledge, some speculate that nanobes may even outnumber bacteria by an order of magnitude." https://lnkd.in/dBbSDUB View in LinkedIn