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Author Topic:   Can the theory of evolution be applied to non-living things?
tsjok45
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Message 4 of 27 (105829)
05-06-2004 5:41 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by coffee_addict
05-05-2004 11:58 PM


Hi ,
I wonder
Can evolution be applied to non-living things?
I propose that it can be applied to all non-living things that are "caused" by living things
or
"any surviving information-set " in any living medium that is expressed as a "thing "in that environment or actually constructed in the real world outside any brain ---> that includes written out
programs ,(genetic algorythms ? invented or discovered ? ) printed texts , CD roms and other short or long surviving " memories "
( ---> also updateable " patterns" in the
human memory carriers of the brain ? )
---> bacterial products ( for example ---> bacteria concentrating chemicals from solutions ) Bird nests , spider webs, bee hives ,houses , memes , machines , , structured societies (with "tought up " rules and laws )
, multinationals ... even hobby clubs and discussion boards .... etc ...
What is important to emphasize is
that these "objects " do not reproduce /duplicate by themselves(yet) : they still need to be "constructed" or
"manufactured "by living intermediates
____ or at least do they need repalecement - repairs ---> for example multinational companies
do replace their managers , owners , stock holders , production and selling personnel and everything else you can
think up in human components ....in fact these "organisms" do "metabolise" and replace/ recycle their "human" resources ,
quite like a multicellular living thing does ...and they compete with each other for the sake of survival and eventually
split into offsprings : they also merge ( fusions) .... and they
even pick up "valuable" collaborators ( head hunting )they can put to valuable use --> just like bacteria do while picking up genes in "gene transfer " from other bacteria ( and even eucaryot cells )
---> The best analogons in the "living world " for many of these kinds of "products " (lets forget the
more complicated organisations like multinationals and companies mentioned above, for the moment .... ) are virusses
(and all kinds of other parasites too---> for example wohlbachia bacteria and cytoplasma parasites/commensals
but let's stick to virusses ---> which are not considered as fully "alife ", by some )
---> they too are
duplicating their own programs while using "production units " and "construction machineries and production lines"
of independently auto-replicators , by " injecting " their own "construction programs" in the "information libraries "or by
replacing certain " orders and procedural pathways " in the" production units"programmation ...
Do you think that the many data from these various fields can be blended into answers relevant to the question ?
and if so where can we find these supports ?
Or do I make too much( wrong ) analogies ?
p.s.
Excuse me , but English is not my native language
Therefore it is possible that my ideas are expressed in a very
complicated and "strange" way ... however , that never was the intention ...
I 'll appreciate some feed back
and please correct me if i'am wrong
Tsjok

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