from Hacker News

Physics has long failed to explain life–testing a groundbreaking new theory

by brainchild-adam on 10/26/23, 5:48 PM with 4 comments

  • by meristohm on 10/26/23, 6:14 PM

    This seems both interesting and not; I'm just star stuff, as is this rock.

    I'll take a stab at it: Water wets things whose surfaces are tuned (across a spectrum) to vibrate with water. Life arises when enough star-stuff is arranged in a way that self-propagates (and more, beyond what viruses do). This requires the relevant parts be resonant enough; not too hot or cold, proper pH, not too much radiation, etc.

    Is this just a tautology?

    While the question the article brings up is interesting, I don't think I'll be surprised by the answer, and I doubt it'll change anything about existence, except maybe we'll be able to animate a lump of elements like Dr. Frankenstein did in Mary Shelley's famous novel?

  • by jjgreen on 10/26/23, 6:00 PM

    Those baffled by "life-testing" (poke it to see if it moves?) should try mentally adding some spacing around the em-dash: Physics has long failed to explain life – testing a groundbreaking new theory