@AidanGillen I saw him announce it and have been following JFG. Is it good? I haven’t bought it yet

@AidanGillen apparently it’s pretty bold right. A solid theory of the origins of life etc

@Hakujin - CA its goodreads dot com

@Myndrian so far I've only read the first chapter but I'm very compelled by the premise. And I bought some as gifts to support /ourfrenchman/ lol its shorter than I would have thought at like 150pages but its denser than most popsci books

Danke

The idea of RNA being hijacked by DNA is such a premise on it's own that deserves some sort of award.

@AidanGillen I’ll have to definitely pick it up soon, JFG is awesome

So that’s the theory right? The first origin of life was RNA?

Or some primitive form. I watched him explain it but it went over my head

Well the book is more focused on replicator self interest rather than all cells as self interest. I'd also watch his debate with Vegangains(iirc) about vegetarianism. It's actually a good primer to his way of thinking

Ya I love JFG cause he really is a scientist

He bases his thinking primarily off biological sciences and gives it a lot of rigor

I saw him critique the hell out of Richard Dawkin’s talk with Bret Weinstein

I really want to get the Evolution channel popping with more discussion

I'll have to find that Dawkins talk. Sounds interesting

@Myndrian check out some of the papers posted in <#393251982258995201>

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@apronandlace

Funniest part of the book imo

Just saw the announcement. That's amazing. I'll be sure to schedule an off day at work to attend.

It's a Sunday, so hopefully you don't usually work those days anyway.

You guys are all set!

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When amazon finally realizes what you’re really interested in lol

They are on to you

yes

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@Mick nice quote! what's the book?

"Meredith Brace of San Diego, California, believed in integration. She lived in
a white area, but the neighborhood school, Harding Elementary, was 90 percent
Hispanic. She thought whites should go to Harding rather than escape to a white
school. Even before her son was old enough to enroll, she joined the Harding
PTA, raised money for Harding, and went door-to-door to promote it to white
neighbors. After her son began to attend, she became president of the PTA, and
set up after-school art and theater classes to bring whites and Hispanics together.
They were disbanded because so few people took part.
She kept her son at Harding for three years before finally giving up. “[W]e
have nothing in common [with Hispanics],” she said. “Every time my husband
and I would go over for an event, my husband would feel like it was his first
time. We haven’t made any friends.” Her son made no friends either. “He hasn’t
been invited to a birthday party,” she explained. “There is absolutely no after-
school interaction. For his birthday, he invited four of his classmates. Only one
came.”

"Mrs. Brace joined her neighbors and transferred her son to Hope Elementary
School, which was still 73 percent white. As one white parent explained, “[I]f
half of [the neighborhood] is going in that direction, maybe we can carpool.”1
It is lunch time at the Westerly Hills Elementary School in Charlotte, North
Carolina. Black and white children sit next to each other in what seems to be
complete disregard for race. The school appears to have passed what educators
call the “lunchroom litmus test,” of whether children make friends across racial
lines. But the test is rigged. The children have assigned seats; that is the only
way to get blacks and whites to eat together."

@apronandlace it's at the tail end of the intro to white identity

always read the intro