myrmepropagandist on Nostr: Still ... I can't help but find it all these kinds of explanations a little "Just So" ...
Still ... I can't help but find it all these kinds of explanations a little "Just So"
Of course life *on Earth* is adapted and shaped by the peculiarities of Earth.
But, life, that which arises by accident but then evolves, is hopefully not so limited.
But then, in mathematics we have unique complex objects, like the Monster Group-- that seem as if they ought to be one of many, but instead represent some limitation of the rules it's impossible to directly intuit.
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#afternoonMusing
Of course life *on Earth* is adapted and shaped by the peculiarities of Earth.
But, life, that which arises by accident but then evolves, is hopefully not so limited.
But then, in mathematics we have unique complex objects, like the Monster Group-- that seem as if they ought to be one of many, but instead represent some limitation of the rules it's impossible to directly intuit.
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#afternoonMusing