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7. I favor Stuart Kauffman's proposal that the catalytic cycles evolved first

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 02:25 PM

Dec 2012

The probability of reinforcing autocatalytic cycles approaches 100% pretty quickly past a certain threshold of unique compounds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocatalytic_set

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Origin of life emerged from cell membrane bioenergetics [View all] DavidDvorkin Dec 2012 OP

Interesting, Sir The Magistrate Dec 2012 #1

That's why it's crucial to keep your membranes intact. postulater Dec 2012 #2

A rare chemistry indeed Eddie Haskell Dec 2012 #3

Here at least AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #5

Not necessarily RomneyLies Dec 2012 #6

Good point. DavidDvorkin Dec 2012 #9

So far we've not found one ... Eddie Haskell Dec 2012 #10

We have no clue where life began RomneyLies Dec 2012 #12

It's possible Eddie Haskell Dec 2012 #13

A testable hypothesis exboyfil Dec 2012 #4

I favor Stuart Kauffman's proposal that the catalytic cycles evolved first phantom power Dec 2012 #7

Cool. Or, more accurately, hot. Warren DeMontague Dec 2012 #8

mind, blown. JaneyVee Dec 2012 #11