For first time, a cell built from scratch grows and divides

Post by noosphr » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 12:55 AM UTC

throwaway676712 wrote: post #319

noosphr wrote: post #310

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Understanding how a bunch of baroque proteins interact is the definition of stamp collecting. As a meat bag made up of such machines I appreciate it for what it is. As a intelligence capable of abstraction I don't measure our progress in science by the number of stamps in our collection. There are no big ideas, biology included, because peer review is only there for small ideas.

So you think biology is just proteomics and use meme expressions like 'meat bag', got it. Not updating my prior on you being unserious

Post by r0m4n0 » Wed, Jul 08, 2026, 4:42 PM UTC

r3trohack3r wrote: post #214

r0m4n0 wrote: post #74

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Or another take, life isn't all that special if we can make it this easily. We have always theorized the start of life but this could actively show that life could have started on a rock floating in space given enough time. No sky daddy and no aliens necessary!

You’re use of “easy” might be being biased by living at the brink after 1000s of years of technology development by our ancestors.