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minus-squarewhotookkarl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 months agoPerhaps an artifact from an earlier abiogenesis event that cannibalized itself before our own evolutionary tree started?
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·5 months agoI believe the theory is that viruses have evolved from other life forms multiple times. Basically a DNA sequence gone rogue.
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·5 months agoLike if your computer got a glitch that caused it to burn CDs that, when inserted into another computer, gave it a glitch that caused it to burn CDs that, when inserted into another computer, etc.
minus-squareDaMonsterKnees@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoThis explanation is excellent but feels incomplete. What happens after it burns the CD?
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoIt runs out of all CDs and thus stops working. A PC can not work without CDs.
Perhaps an artifact from an earlier abiogenesis event that cannibalized itself before our own evolutionary tree started?
I believe the theory is that viruses have evolved from other life forms multiple times. Basically a DNA sequence gone rogue.
Like if your computer got a glitch that caused it to burn CDs that, when inserted into another computer, gave it a glitch that caused it to burn CDs that, when inserted into another computer, etc.
This explanation is excellent but feels incomplete. What happens after it burns the CD?
It runs out of all CDs and thus stops working. A PC can not work without CDs.