[extropy-chat] HISTORY: Solved & Unsolved Riddles

[Eugen Leitl]

On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 10:46:23AM -0500, Harvey Newstrom wrote:
> 
> I would guess it had to do with the Coriolis  effect during evolution.  This
> is the force that makes water spin one direction over the other while
> flowing down the drain.  I would guess that it is easier for molecules to

http://www.tafkac.org/faq2k/science_3.html

> bend in one direction compared to the other.

You're kidding, right? 

Autoamplification of initial random fluke (the very first autocatalytic set,
could have happened adsorbed on a silicate surface, but it's not really
strictly necessary, could have happened on an achiral surface or solution
bulk as well) in the initial prebiotic racemate ur-pool is the only plausible hypothesis so far.

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