[ExI] Life began with a planetary mega-organism?

[Eugen Leitl]

On Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 11:43:32PM -0700, Kelly Anderson wrote:

> So where do I go to get the best current thinking on the subject.

The usual staples like Nature and Science Magazine are pretty 
scarce on OoL articles, so I would ask Google (Scholar?) for 
origin of life and journal or somesuch combination of search 
terms, and drill down to the major peer reviewed journals of the field.
Most of them won't be open access and subscriptions will be
pricey, so the easiest way to find them would be your local
university library (or some pirate resources out there, shiver
me timbers).
 
> >> quite out of date (circa 1985) so I'm assuming that a lot of the stuff
> >> they are talking about is entirely out of date, in addition to being
> >> misleading. I really don't understand why they have to resort to
> >
> > You can't argue science with believers. It's an exercise in
> > futility.
> 
> My intent is not really to convince them. I know that's a waste of
> time. My intent is to educate myself in the area... make sure I'm on
> steady earth. And to learn a bit more about a new mythology.


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