Theoretical origin of life: constructor theory (Introduction)

by dhw, Sunday, May 22, 2016, 18:08 (3107 days ago) @ David Turell

DAVID: This weird essay makes one assumption after another and finally decides that constructor theory can explain how life initially appeared: - https://aeon.co/essays/how-constructor-theory-solves-the-riddle-of-life?utm_source=Aeon... - QUOTE: "Moreover, it is a fundamental idea of constructor theory that any transformation that is not forbidden by the laws of physics can be achieved given the requisite knowledge. There is no third possibility: either the laws of physics forbid it, or it is achievable. This accounts for another aspect of the evolutionary story. Ever better constructors can be produced, without limit, given the relevant knowledge, instantiated in digital recipes." - David's comment: Hogwash, but atheistic hope springs eternally that inorganic chemicals can magically become organic life. Are the constructor laws built-in? And where do the laws of nature come from. At least she recognizes the need for information, which she has arisen magically. The commentaries all agree with me.
 - And so do I. The quote sums it all up. What is possible is possible, what is not possible is not possible, and all the possibles can be achieved if we know how to achieve them. Why stick at physics? Doesn't the same apply to any branch of knowledge and behaviour you can think of? What is biologically, chemically, sportively, politically, economically, artistically, socially possible is possible if we know how to achieve it. But if it is not possible, it is impossible. And apparently that explains everything.