Re: HOW TO WIND THE 2.0 EVOLUTION PRIZE BY THE MAN WHO INITIATED THE PRIZE

On 3/20/2024 8:47 PM, Ron Dean wrote:

In  a search, I came across the site regarding the man, who initiated the $10,000,000 prize, an Engineer named Perry Marshall and his instructions as to how THE $10000000 PRIZE can be won.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhpPjmMsKIk
 

The engineer has the wrong idea of what the issue is.  Life isn't the code.  Molecular chemistry evolved the code because it was a more efficient means to self replicate.  There were likely simple self replicators before there was a genetic code.  Self replicators were probably macromolecules that could synthesize more copies of themselves.
It sounds like the whole thing is based on a false premise.  The initial information that life relied on was simply the chemistry of their physical selves.  A macromolecule like a peptide chain may fold into a shape and have a surface and atomic structure exposed to the environment that will do things like dehydrate two molecules to create a chemical bond.  The information is in the physical nature of the macromolecule. A protein with a certain sequence of amino acids will fold into a structure that can facilitate other chemical reactions.  The first self replicators could make copies of themselves.  They would not have had to perfectly replicate, in fact imperfect replication would allow them to evolve more functional variants of themselves.
This type of information is required to enable the evolution of a genetic code.
Ron Okimoto