Comment by A_D_E_P_T

Comment by A_D_E_P_T 2 days ago

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It's not clear what the probability is over the ~hundreds of millions of years that it took on Earth. Could be that, under the conditions and on that timescale, we're an average or statistically unremarkable case.

jolt42 2 days ago

Time means more entropy, so I would think that makes the calculation much more problematic, no?

  • halfcat 2 days ago

    Time may correlate with increase in entropy in general. But also consider assembly theory. Once certain assemblies dominate an environment, they constrain future possibilities. Environments and the life it supports evolve together.