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pdl410 | 1 year ago

Isolation = Energy concentration

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pdl410|1 year ago

The endosymbiosis that resulted in the harnessing of mitochondrial energy production appears to have only happened once (see work by Nick Lane) and resulted in a ~20 fold increase in available energy to the cell was followed very closely by the Cambrian explosion. We could still all still be bacteria today without it.

https://nick-lane.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Lane-J-Theo...

baq|1 year ago

Once in a billion years is some very long odds bet. Drake’s equation should include this as a separate factor.