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I'd look into autocatalytic sets. From an origin-of-life perspective it's a compelling idea to me.



Exactly! One aspect to remember is that once you have a self—replicating mechanism, by the nature of it, the replicating parts are becoming more widespread. In other words, small effects with larg, self—reinforcing consequences.




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