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2 claims from 2 papers

1. Computer Science › Cellular Automata and Applications

   What would be conserved if "the tape were played twice"?

   Fontana and Buss · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1994

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   1. Contested · 33%“We develop an abstract chemistry, implemented in a lambda-calculus-based modeling platform, and argue that the following features are generic to this particular abstraction of chemistry; hence, they would be expected to reappear if "the tape were run twice":…

2. Physics and Astronomy › Origins and Evolution of Life

   Molecular Diversity Required for the Formation of Autocatalytic Sets

   Hordijk, Steel and Kauffman · Life · 2019

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   1. Supported · 71%“We investigate the issue of the required molecular diversity for autocatalytic sets to exist in random polymer libraries. Given a fixed probability that an arbitrary polymer catalyzes the formation of other polymers, we calculate this required molecular dive…