My thesis was on information theory, which has mutated into complexity theory in recent years. I've read just about every paper I get time to these days, there is plenty of new ground being covered but nothing conclusive yet as far as I have read.
I think this is the arena where a breakthrough will eventually be made, that information will have to be treated as an actual entity, similar to the way it is in quantum physics... the information content of living organisms, even basic ones is huge, it has to come from somewhere. Basic Physics doesn't cover that. Someone in the thread commented that living or dead, there is no difference, that it is just matter following the same laws. The information content of a living vs non-living thing is hugely different, the non-living entity can be easily (relatively) modelled and predicted using standard physics, the living entity cannot. It is an interesting field of study.
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Originally Posted by CraigS
Peter;
Don't worry about the book .. I'll get my hands on a copy for myself .. thanks for the offer though, much appreciated.
Also, I believe you should take a close to look at Complexity Theory. I really think this is where they have developed the tools which explain, at a systems level, how self assembly of complex structures is the norm arising from a large abundance of components obeying simple rules. Organic chemistry would not be an exception to this.
I also really feel you are making generalised statements about what you perceive there is no scientific discourse on, when there exists quite a lot which describe quite feasible mechanisms to explain the complexity.
Cheers
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