SO ENDS this first of two weekends on a groundbreaking paper suggesting that life is a continuum rather than all or nothing. This is compatible with the origin of life from inert chemicals, which surely was a gradual process rather than Frankenstein’s life-giving jolt of electricity. It also solves the embarrassing dilemma that biology has no consensus definition for life and has adopted numerous ridiculous positions. After the inevitable resistance and the bilious outrage is over, this will become the new paradigm in biology.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-019-02356-w
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022