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Scientists Discover a Bizarre New Way Life Can Make DNA... Without DNA (www.sciencealert.com)
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[–] 36 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

It kinda had to at some point right? DNA didn't exist until something other than DNA led to it.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    That's abiogenesis in a nutshell.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Did somebody ever try to recreate the bion experiments? I'm pretty sure Reich is considered a quack nowadays, but makes sense to just observe things with a good enough microscope and patience, one could observe abiogenesis in some form

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    If you're aware of Reich you might already have heard of René Thom's theory of morphogenesis and how he modeled it. If not see below.

    https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/414350

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