Thanks, Sebastian! One of the strongest arguments against the Fragility of Life Hypothesis is that evolution through natural selection may be meta-stable. If life is diverse enough, it becomes difficult for Kamikaze mutants to kill all forms of life. As long as some life persists, competitive Lotka-Volterra equations suggest that populations in the ecosystem will stabilize after the catastrophy.
However, the most reliable way to assess the true stability of life, free from survivorship bias, is likely through detailed evolutionary simulations and continued exploration for life within our solar system.
Interesting. I wasn’t aware of the specific equations, but at a first glance, that does seem like a reasonable argument—thanks!
Also, to follow up on my second comment (sorry, the formatting was a bit confusing but I just edited it): I think it would’ve been valuable for the blog post to end with a more concrete “bridge” to the solutions as the current version is fairly generic.
Thanks, Sebastian! One of the strongest arguments against the Fragility of Life Hypothesis is that evolution through natural selection may be meta-stable. If life is diverse enough, it becomes difficult for Kamikaze mutants to kill all forms of life. As long as some life persists, competitive Lotka-Volterra equations suggest that populations in the ecosystem will stabilize after the catastrophy.
However, the most reliable way to assess the true stability of life, free from survivorship bias, is likely through detailed evolutionary simulations and continued exploration for life within our solar system.
Interesting. I wasn’t aware of the specific equations, but at a first glance, that does seem like a reasonable argument—thanks!
Also, to follow up on my second comment (sorry, the formatting was a bit confusing but I just edited it): I think it would’ve been valuable for the blog post to end with a more concrete “bridge” to the solutions as the current version is fairly generic.
Good point. Will add a bit of a better bridge for part 3 (that I hope to realease in a week).