On Sun, Jan 19, 2025 at 02:44:52PM -0700, ben via cctalk wrote: > On 2025-01-19 2:15 p.m., Frank Leonhardt via cctalk wrote: > > > While we're at it, biological science had clearly been unable to create > > life. Not even a single cell. And I've no reason to believe we're about > > to see a breakthrough it that either. > > > You have not seen the stuff way behind in my fridge. :)
I do suspect that the place behind your fridge didn't exactly start as utterly sterizilied and guaranteed to be devoid of life ;-) > That is true, the source code for life was lost a few billion years ago. > Life is based on carbon compounds (sorry Horta) as mechanical machines. > FREE OXYGEN , I think kills any kind of retro life should it happen. > Lots of room for computer experimentation there. Well, it's called the "Oxygen Catastrophe" for reasons. Kind regards, Alex. -- "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison