Are you aware that self-replicating life requires an absurd number of nucleic acids to reproduce?

The minimal genome right now (syn3.0) is 4.4 kilobases

And it's kept in a super special medium just to stay alive and reproduces poorly by blebbing

Additionally it needs a cell capsule and membrane

So you need fairly elaborate saccharide and phospholipid membranes

Removing the membrane or the capsule would kill the cell since the minimal genome doesn't produce any notable structural proteins

Is there any way to explain how such a life form would come to occur on Earth?

I'm on a lab team that just wrote a review on this subject actually

The minimal genome that is. Not the life origins

well that goes into abiogenesis, which isn't clearly understood as of now. We arent sure what process creates life yet. I do know however, that the first life on Earth lacked a membrane and many other complex structures. Now I suck at biology, so tomorrow I will have to take a look into all this. Watch a few videos and read a few essays.

sorry I didn't think you were gonna get into this now, I actually have to get to bed. I got class at 8 lol

and its midnight

Gotta tell ya that a few videos and essays likely won't cut it lol

Same tho

I took a screenshot of all that though

I need to go to bed

awright, night!

Rest of y'all need to chill with the flack tbh

I hate degeneracy as much as the next guy

But there's no way you'll convince anyone of your religion if you insult your opponent every other sentence

I don't think anyone is really all that committed to converting the unrepentant degenerate. Can't reach someone who thinks their own depravity is a healthy bonus feature. Makes a good mental version of a stress ball though, can just talk shit forever

@Diezel Sneasel boiiiii

@Skeez mah n word

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Don't cast pearls before swine my friends

The words of Christ

Anyway, I'm debating between going to bed and playing STALKER

What time is it for you?

2:30

Nigga

in the Am

I'm off work now, so I don't need to go to bed

Oof

Probably should though

I still haven't finished Clear Skys because I think it kind of sucks

I only play Call of Chernobyl now

Never played stalker rip

If you want to, Shadow of Chernobyl basically is the intro in the series, but Call of Pripryat is the one you need to get Call of Chernobyl

Call of Chernobyl is basically a mod that combines the areas from all three games into one and makes it an open world sandbox, it's great.

Oh neato, but my pc kinda sucks

But yeah, if you want to know what it's about, basically a second disaster at Chernobyl opened up a huge area with reality-bending anomolies and mutants called the "Zone", the anomolies make artifacts that fetch big rubles, so people sneak into the Zone to get them. Those people are called STALKERS