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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Is the Emergence of Life an Expected Phase Transition in the Evolving Universe? · HackerPapers discussions</title><link>https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2401.09514/</link><description>Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.</description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2401.09514/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><item><title>Is the Emergence of Life an Expected Phase Transition in the Evolving Universe? — mentioned by lioeters</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39120170</link><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:hackerpapers:mention:2401.09514:39120170</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 17:40:37 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Sorry, reading over my comment, I sounded more antagonistic than I meant to be. After all, we&amp;#x27;re here to enjoy discussion and not to battle against each other. As an aside, on another post yesterday, I had a pleasant surprise about &amp;quot;templating&amp;quot; in life itself. &amp;gt; The familiar distinction between software and hardware loses its meaning in living cells. We propose new ways to study the phylogeny of metabolisms, new astronomical ways to search for life on exoplanets, new experiments to seek the emergence of the most rudimentary life, and the hint of a coherent testable pathway to prokaryotes with…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2401.09514/"&gt;Paper and discussion history&lt;/a&gt;. A mention is not an endorsement.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>q-bio.PE</category></item><item><title>Is the Emergence of Life an Expected Phase Transition in the Evolving Universe? — HN submission</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39103419</link><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:hackerpapers:submission:2401.09514:39103419</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:06:03 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Is the emergence of life an expected phase transition in the evolving universe?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;451 points; 380 discussion replies on HN. &lt;a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2401.09514/"&gt;Paper and source history&lt;/a&gt;. A submission is not an endorsement.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>q-bio.PE</category></item></channel></rss>
