▲ 62 ▼ Scientists propose sweeping new law of nature, expanding on evolution (www.reuters.com) submitted 2 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 22 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] jennwiththesea@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) I feel like that is basic evolutionary theory. Maybe I should actually RTFA.. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jennwiththesea@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (3 children) Oh, I see. They're just saying that non biological systems are also subject to evolutionary forces, which feels pretty junk science-y to me. Maybe it's just that humans could only evolve in a system that allowed it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] lorez@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago Well if you subject anything to selective pressures there will be always something that resists and the rest will be annihilated. Or it will be all destroyed. permalink fedilink source parent [–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago Hear, hear, the latest news. In an unexpected twist chemical mutations are not exclusive to the cells of living creatures. permalink fedilink source parent [–] paddirn@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Is it accounting for how life itself would have developed in the first place from non-biological systems, a sort of counter to Creationism? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jennwiththesea@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (3 children) Oh, I see. They're just saying that non biological systems are also subject to evolutionary forces, which feels pretty junk science-y to me. Maybe it's just that humans could only evolve in a system that allowed it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] lorez@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago Well if you subject anything to selective pressures there will be always something that resists and the rest will be annihilated. Or it will be all destroyed. permalink fedilink source parent [–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago Hear, hear, the latest news. In an unexpected twist chemical mutations are not exclusive to the cells of living creatures. permalink fedilink source parent [–] paddirn@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Is it accounting for how life itself would have developed in the first place from non-biological systems, a sort of counter to Creationism? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lorez@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago Well if you subject anything to selective pressures there will be always something that resists and the rest will be annihilated. Or it will be all destroyed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago Hear, hear, the latest news. In an unexpected twist chemical mutations are not exclusive to the cells of living creatures. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Is it accounting for how life itself would have developed in the first place from non-biological systems, a sort of counter to Creationism? permalink fedilink source parent