@NickSzabo4 @cinnamon_carter True and irrelevant. Complexity of minimal life doesn't imply strict linearity of growth over all time!
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@gwern@cinnamon_carter The point is not strict linearity, the point is eliminate the hidden assumption of miraculously improbable events.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@NickSzabo4@cinnamon_carter Huh? the point of that paper *is* strict linearity. It's whole model: assume linearity and project backwards.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@gwern@cinnamon_carter It posits a reasonable working assumption about complexity growth instead of hand-waving about "open niches".3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@gwern@cinnamon_carter Ecosystem with 150 base pairs of complexity is chemically very handicapped, and has very few open niches available.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@NickSzabo4@cinnamon_carter On a proto-earth, no niches are filled; all are open. No competition by definition.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@gwern@cinnamon_carter It's not a niche if no organism has chemical ability to exploit it.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@NickSzabo4@cinnamon_carter And thus you see the pressure to rapidly expand and develop longer, more capable genomes. Anon-linear pressure.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@gwern@cinnamon_carter "Pressure" is a silly metaphor. It's about (in)ability to exploit chemicals in the environment.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@NickSzabo4@cinnamon_carter Pressure/selection relevant for long genomes. Again, viruses as extreme example demonstrating genomes!=clocks.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@gwern @cinnamon_carter Viruses depend on metabolisms of vastly more complex organism. Terrible example.
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Replying to @NickSzabo4
@NickSzabo4@cinnamon_carter Why exploit those genomes if there's no selection for shorter genomes?! You're totally missing the point.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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