[ExI] Eternity in six hours: intergalactic spreading of intelligent life and sharpening the Fermi paradox

[Tomaz Kristan]

> may have a shortcut for biochemical reactions

May have shortcuts for simplifying enough complex molecules as well.


On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 1:41 PM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> <snip>
> > It's not, because people who define these terms know how
> > chemistry works, and have a very good idea what it takes
> > to boot up self-replicating molecular systems.
> >
> > People who know little think that everything is possible.
> > As they learn how much of possibilities have been mapped,
> > they tend to prune a lot of possibilities.
> >
>
> We don't know everything - yet.
>
> <http://phys.org/news/2013-09-quantum-tunnelling-aid-life-chemistry.html>
> Quote:
> New research has revealed that chemical reactions previously thought
> to be 'impossible' in space actually occur 'with vigour,' a discovery
> that could ultimately change our understanding of how alcohols are
> formed and destroyed in space - and which could also mean that places
> like Saturn's moon Titan, once considered too cold for life to form,
> may have a shortcut for biochemical reactions.
>
>
> BillK
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