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Re: An interesting Sci-fi idea
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lugnet.space
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Wed, 11 Jun 2003 20:23:20 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Joe Meno wrote:
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In lugnet.space, Felix Greco wrote:
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In lugnet.space, Leonard Hoffman wrote:
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Direct from the Eastern Block Scientific Research Directorate:
Theory of ‘Track’ Evolution
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(snip)
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I would argue that life has a finite number genetic traits for any one
population. However, space offers infinite possibilites. The combination
of even the smallest changes in environment would have dramatic effects on
the evolution of a population. Therefore, for your above stated theory, the
conditions on each planet would have to be exactly the same.
Indeed, Oceanica did not have life tending toward higher apes, but rather a
more insect-fish like kind of life. I
refer, of course, to the Sea Monkeys.
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thought this might be an interesting thought.
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A very interesting thought. Are the Interplanetary Evolutionary Biologists
an Eastern Block affiliated organization? I’d like to hear more about the
whole concept. Joe Meno and I have been toying with xenobiology over in
.aquazone for a while now.
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Well, I just had to chime in on this..
My take on this is that while there might be a finite number of organic
molecules, the combinations of molecules are infinite. A given trait might
have one or two molecules to express itself, or it may take a sequence that
runs thousands of molecules long. Whether or not a given biosystem gets that
complex is a matter of time.This plays into the tree structure that Leonard
mentioned, although, if you look at the evolutionary tree on Earth, you’ll
notice that some of the deadends happened not because a trait got ‘phased
out’, but because of a massive change in environment...meteors, climate
change, etc.
So I would be inclined to change the track theory such that life will advance
toward the dominant life type of a planet. Earth could have just as easily
been populated by sentient reptiles, if it weren’t for a cataclysmic event.Or
Earth could have been populated bysentient whales;)
Joe Meno,
Amateur Xenobiologist
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I guess the other fly in the oinment might be the assumption that there is an
immutable ‘Law of Physics’. As the quantum areas of physics are being explored
as they relate to huge distances, spans of space etc, it is becoming more
apparent that these laws in themselves share a relation to exterior, effective
forces as well. If this holds true for the very essence of how we conceptualize
the movement of things in the universe, it could stand to reason that such
accepted norms in biodevelopment could also be guidelines more than hard and
fast rules.
-G
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| (...) (snip) (...) Well, I just had to chime in on this.. My take on this is that while there might be a finite number of organic molecules, the combinations of molecules are infinite. A given trait might have one or two molecules to express itself, (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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