
Nick Lane, “A Matter of Energy: Biology From First Principles” (Open Agenda, 2021)
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Is It Possible to Have Models Based on These Potentials?
Mathematically, you can have models based upon potentials of this happening and potentials of that happening. We've done a lot of modelling about questions such as the origin of two sex why is it that one sex passes on the mighty conjure and the other one doesn't? And we've had some, to me, revelations, which which come from mathematical modelling of these questions. But i think there are all sorts of ways that can go wrong or unsuccessful, or it can pick all sorts of inappropriate avenues that wind up being unstable, and so forth and so on. It would be an interesting thing to try to do. The ones that do well will go on to seed the next generation
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