Life on Earth emerged fast. Far quicker than we thought | Aeon Essays
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Life on Earth emerged fast. Far quicker than we thought | Aeon Essays
These hypotheses suggest that deep principles govern the emergence of problem-solving matter, principles that push our understanding of modern physics and chemistry towards their limits. They mark a radical departure from life as we once knew it.
Chris Kempes • Is Life a Complex Computational Process? | Aeon Essays
So rather than asking how life arose on Earth, Cronin is asking How does life arise, period?
Jaime Green • The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos
The “Silurian Hypothesis” is a fun thought experiment.
It posits Earth may have had advanced civilizations in the deep past that we are, today, unaware of. Why wouldn’t we know about them? Because if they existed millions of years ago and died out, their architecture would be long gone. “No ruins of ancient football stadiums, highways or housing pro... See more
It posits Earth may have had advanced civilizations in the deep past that we are, today, unaware of. Why wouldn’t we know about them? Because if they existed millions of years ago and died out, their architecture would be long gone. “No ruins of ancient football stadiums, highways or housing pro... See more