Nick Lane is terrific. I've read a number of his books -- but not *The Vital Question* yet. In this talk <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLcWfecmZhE> and this talk <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb7pZyks_HE> he discusses some of the issues he writes about in the book.
On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 9:11 PM Nick Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friammers, > > > > Today’s meeting of the Mother Church got back to our old discussions of > complexity, gradients, and the origin of life. In that connection I urged > everybody to read Nick Lane’s, *THE VITAL QUESTION: Energy, evolution, > and the origins of complex life.* The fundamental theory is that life > was scaffolded by the microstructure and energy flows taking place in deep > ocean vents called “white smokers”. I am curious to know if others have > read this book, and what you might think of it. > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
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