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Post by dividavi on Mar 7, 2023 18:53:18 GMT
This is something I said years ago. The original non-living structures combined with other structures and became what could be called "dominant". Some resultant structures in turn crowded out existing structures in a manner similar to survival of the fittest. After some period of time some structures became more complex so that they could now be called bacteria, as in alive. The bacteria used available resources and competed for these resources. Ultimately Eukaryotes evolved, like human and fungi.
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Post by Sarge on Mar 8, 2023 4:28:08 GMT
Physicists describe the early universe in terms of evolution. I believe that within a decade or so it will be accepted as a fundamental property of the universe. Hopefully physicists don't start looking for an evolution particle  |
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Post by dividavi on Mar 8, 2023 5:04:19 GMT
Physicists describe the early universe in terms of evolution. I believe that within a decade or so it will be accepted as a fundamental property of the universe. Hopefully physicists don't start looking for an evolution particle Here is what I wrote on the subject some three years ago in the thread Profound Sayings That Are Junk in the Religion Board:Again, there's no split-second period in time when the very first living organism came into existence. Similarly there's no way to tell when the very first human emerged from its almost-human mother's womb. If three people had access to a Damon Knight time scope, they would arrive at very different time periods when the first human was born or when the first living organism developed. Organisms change with time and between generations. There's no need to say that at a certain moment here's where development stops and evolution begins. Call it all one thing, like evolution. |
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Post by paulslaugh on Mar 8, 2023 8:03:16 GMT
I’ve never understood the separation science has place on “life” as something separate from the Earth’s geophysical evolution.
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Post by general313 on Mar 8, 2023 19:51:22 GMT
I’ve never understood the separation science has place on “life” as something separate from the Earth’s geophysical evolution. The overall trend has been to lessen that separation. Vitalism was prevalent from ancient times until about the mid 1800s. Vitalism promoted the idea that the chemistry inside living organisms was fundamentally different from things like rocks and minerals. So maybe that trend will continue. |
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Post by lunda2222 on Apr 15, 2023 0:58:52 GMT
I’ve never understood the separation science has place on “life” as something separate from the Earth’s geophysical evolution. I've never heard of anybody trying to separate them, quite the contrary. And I've taken courses in Geology and Physical Geographics at the local University.
Granted some people become more specialized in the physical aspects, for example a volcanologist have less to do with the the biological components, but a person specializing in reeves or fossils are far more invested in that part.
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Post by Arlon10 on Apr 15, 2023 22:54:09 GMT
Have you ever heard of the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics?
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