Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id RAA16896 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sat, 28 Jul 2001 17:06:19 +0100 Message-ID: <002a01c1177f$fba0f640$26c4fac1@necdirect> From: "Pascal Jouxtel" <pascal@contagions.com> To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> References: <20010726131734.AAA4273@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Subject: Re: Logic + universal evolution Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 18:11:37 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Hi Wade and Philip. You treaded on :
> >how do you account for the
> >existence of the world?
>
> Is evolution, as a process, applicable to the universe universally? I
wonder.
>
> Personally, I have no problem seeing it as a process of life, but, I
> don't see the same connection with the other materials of this realm,
> which can't really be said to replicate.
This is one of the questions I most often think about, since I was
acquainted to A.G.Cairns-Smith's hypothesis called the 'takeover' theory.
He introduces a previous replicator consisting of clay cristals (clay and
other mineral cristals as a self-replicating code, rivers and pool systems
as entities...) This replicator would have acted as a scaffolding to the
self reproducing organic architecture, without which the complete 'arch' of
the protein macro-molecules could not have spontaneously emerged (or not so
quickly).
Assuming that DNA (and with it the whole bio realm) is one piece in a chain
of successive replicators, preceeded by clay (what poetic inspiration for
primitive men!) and followed by memes (which I reckon could stabilize in the
form of neural nets, but I'm open to any better view) there is only one step
to imagining that such a chain must have its origins somewhere.
This hypothesis of mine is clearly represented on a sketch that I have
posted here : http://www.contagions.com/whiteboard/
If you wish to post back any drawing, sent it to whiteboard@contagions.com
I would really appreciate your opinions.
- Can you imagine how many more takovers there could have been from the big
bang to the 'genetic takeover' ?
- Can you think of any mythological scheme that could fit with such a view ?
- Did you notice that in each takeover, the 'lead' is taken over by what was
formerly created as a tool by the older realm, to project itself into the
future ? (We animals might have been created by 'mother' earth as tools to
shape her into her future...)
- Can you figure out what sort of takeover could happen after the one we are
experiencing now (DNA --> meme) ?
- Can you ever piss in a river again ?
Pascal
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