Nato_Welch comments on The Wonder of Evolution - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nato_Welch 07 November 2007 06:55:22AM 6 points [-]

Would it be too hard to believe that the very first replicators actually went extinct several times before the right accidents occurred in the right circumstances to give rise to sufficiently hardy descendants?

Certainly, the first replicator that gave rise to us might be seen as marvelous - but the first replicator //period// may have been plain pathetic.