164. Neil deGrasse Tyson — Cosmic Queries: StarTalk’s Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going
The Michael Shermer Show
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Is There a Convergent Evolution?
For evolution to happen on some othertoto, have evolution happen on some other planet, you need self replicating molecules. They need not necessarily be tha, ou know, the double helix like ours. But this does bring up the question of a convergent evolution. On one hand, snake was never held back by the absence of arms and legs. If you're in if you mostly live in the air, you have to have something like wings or a float bladder or something. And then you have all your sensory equipment. That's a little more complex than than minerals. Although, as helike, one, to get to a self replicating molecule like d and a,
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