Purpose, Value, Evolution, Consciousness, Sentience, Life & Emergence of Mind From Matter | Terrence Deacon | 95
Mind & Matter
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The Origins of Life and the Emergence of Memory and Building Capability
The origins of life can be viewed as a process that precedes the existence of DNA or RNA, focusing on how molecules carry information to organize other molecules and their interactions with the environment. The challenge lies in understanding how a molecule in this process becomes able to carry and organize information. Once a self-maintaining and self-repairing system is established, it effectively possesses a form of memory. With memory, the system gains the capability to build.
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