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   MarkE to Chris Thompson   
   Re: Mapping the Origins Debate (2/2)   
   11 Sep 25 16:56:14   
   
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   >>>> reactions away from equilibrium. And what do we mean by that? Well,   
   >>>> in in your high school chemistry experiments, something starts   
   >>>> foaming something changes color and then the experiment winds down   
   >>>> and stops. Well, life didn't get started that way. Life got started   
   >>>> by a continuous run-up of complexity and building upon in a sense   
   >>>> nature as a ratchet. So we have to figure out how to build   
   >>>> experiments that move will move away from equilibrium…”   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 6:31 “You can't sit in a laboratory just using glassware. You have   
   >>>> to go to the field. You have to go to hot springs, you have to go to   
   >>>> […] Iceland and come check and sit down and see what the natural   
   >>>> environment is like, rather than being in the ethereal world of pure   
   >>>> reactants and things like that…”   
   >>>>   
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