The ocean vent theory is not new, or is it? http://www.space.com/32379-life-building-blocks-deep-sea-vents.html IMHO it becomes more interesting when RNA and DNA is involved, that is to say when a code is involved. It is the same with ancient cultures, the stone age is barely interesting, it gets much more fascinating when a code in form of a writing system is involved, for example among the ancient Egyptians, Maya, Aztecs, Sumerians, etc. -Jochen
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message --------From: Russ Abbott <[email protected]> Date: 4/23/16 07:11 (GMT+01:00) To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Origins of Life Nick Lane is terrific. I've read a number of his books -- but not The Vital Question yet. In this talk and this talk 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. ThompsonEmeritus Professor of Psychology and BiologyClark Universityhttp://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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