The Ground Soil (nitrogen cycle, nutrient density, water), carbon cycle, and tectonic plates. Decaying matter turnover – fungi and rot. Plants The Plant Paradox The problem is that plants don’t want to be eaten. They have their own evolutionary pressures and incentives that make them as self-preserving as any other species. Because plants can’t run …
Author Archives: Jay Downes
The Ocean
The Ocean The medium for all life on the planet. Ocean current, temperature, carbon, acidity, composition, etc.
The Air
The Air Temperature, weather, air currents, and air pressure. Air composition throughout history.
Evolution & Genetics
Evolution & Genetics Sapolsky: Sexual selection and reproductive fitness Kinship and degree of relatedness Reciprocal altruism. Must be smart enough to remember each other and their interactions. Must be long lived. Cooperation, cheating, detecting cheating. Caveat: bacteria still do tit for tat and reciprocal interaction. Game theory. Prisoner’s dilemma Optimizing genetics for the given environment. …
LUCA & the Energy Bubbles
LUCA & the Energy Bubbles Potential hypotheses for life: thermal vents, spark (lightening), panspermia, etc. What life means: Encapsulated potential for energy that is used for greater dispersal Sponges and mat grazers (Mike Paulin research). Fear vs gain (glutamate and calcium channels) Bayesian Brain Theory, The Free Energy Principle https://www.nature.com/articles/nrn2787 https://medium.com/@solopchuk/intuitions-on-predictive-coding-and-the-free-energy-principle-3fc5bcedc754 Our senses, epithelial cells, …
Energy Factories
Energy Factories Mitochondria http://thehumanoperatingmanual.com/mitochondria-and-the-future-of-medicine-the-key-to-understanding-disease-chronic-illness-aging-and-life-itself/ Mineral Fix notes Minerals Driving Energy Production In total, there are up to 22 vitamins and minerals that support mitochondrial enzymes and are needed for energy production. Minerals also help to activate antioxidant enzymes that protect the mitochondria from oxidative stress. Deficiencies in these minerals can lead to a reduction in …
The Life Origin Rabbit Hole
The Life Origin Rabbit Hole https://www.embibe.com/exams/theories-on-the-origin-of-life/
Origin Terminology Cheat Sheet
Origin Terminology Cheat Sheet TBC
Emergence & Complexity
Emergence & Complexity https://quantumgravityresearch.org/emergence-theory-overview/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_energy_principlehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_information_theoryhttps:// www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01041/fullhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29729890/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S027322972100054X
Entropy
Entropy https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34385400/ Connection between the universal demonstration of entropy and our micro example. Our role as an entropy accelerator rather than a resistor. Complexity theory, feedback loops, Jeremy England theory, mitochondrial synergy. Once we have an averaged energy systems model to detect dysfunction/metabolic leakage, we should be able to use computational neuroscience to replicate and …