The overall discussion reflects a strong positive reception, with phrases like 'fascinating paper' and 'groundbreaking insights' illustrating excitement. The tone is analytical yet enthusiastic, focusing on the significance of viewing life's emergence as a shift in causal and informational structures, exemplified by references to researchers like Sara Walker and Paul Davies and detailed explanations about the role of information and hierarchy in the origin process.
AgreementModerate agreement
Most discussions support the view that the article provides valuable insights into the origin of life through information and causal structure, with recurring mentions of the importance of the informational perspective.
InterestHigh interest
The posts demonstrate high curiosity and enthusiasm about the topic, referencing specific researchers and theories, showing genuine engagement and intrigue.
EngagementModerate engagement
Many posts cite detailed concepts such as top-down causation, transition in informational architecture, and physical transitions, indicating a moderate level of deep engagement.
ImpactHigh impact
Several comments suggest that the ideas presented could significantly influence our understanding of life's origins, emphasizing their scientific relevance and potential to reshape perspectives.
Abstract in brief
The text suggests that life may be fundamentally characterized by the way information influences and constrains matter through hierarchical organization and top-down causation.
It proposes that the emergence of life could be viewed as a physical transition marked by a shift in causal structure, where information begins to have direct, context-dependent effects on matter, similar to phase transitions in physics.
The authors discuss potential research methods to identify this transition, including measures that could be tested in laboratories, and link this idea to the development of the unique algorithmic information processing seen in living systems.]
Fantastic paper by @Sara_Imari & Paul Davies on origin of life marked by top-down informational control (what I'd call formal causes) https://t.co/Zo9dsecHlM
Jan 6, 2022 · 18 likes · 7 shares · 9,237 followersView post →
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Santa Fe Institute
@sfiscience · X
From SFI External Prof @Sara_Imari (@Beyond_ASU):
The algorithmic #OriginsOfLife
https://t.co/m5S5dZKtss
#UniversalScaling across biochemical networks on Earth
https://t.co/zvi13UUZ4W
@freethinkmedia video:
What Alien Life Could Teach Us About Humanity
https://t.co/rYJbfiLVAC https://t.co/udytCKczNX
Mar 8, 2021 · 15 likes · 1 share · 66,148 followersView post →
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Bert Hubert (DNA)
@DNAntonie · X
This appears to be a very good read:
https://t.co/Jyl3Iz9DZQ
Aug 31, 2022 · 15 likes · 2 shares · 814 followersView post →
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Sara Imari Walker
@Sara_Imari · X
@Ceremona @michaelgarfield @FroehlichMarcel @sfiscience we proposed origin of life as a transition in informational architecture here in 2013, but there is a long history of thinking by many great researchers in this direction https://t.co/kSXLbyu7z7
Feb 4, 2021 · 6 likes · 3 shares · 35,765 followersView post →
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fellow ⚚ traveler ❤️
@architectonyx · X
@nc_znc as first commenter, i'll give you "The algorithmic origins of life", a great starting point for thinking about origins of life outside of chemistry (aka the question "regardless of microscopic details, why should life emerge at all?")
https://t.co/UAfihSJDKd
Mar 9, 2024 · 4 likes · 1,539 followersView post →
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Stephen Pimentel
@StephenPiment · X
The algorithmic origins of life
https://t.co/lt9LvcjztT
Mar 17, 2022 · 3 likes · 1 share · 12,899 followersView post →
In this episode, Chris and Abha explore how life originated on Earth and how it might be identified elsewhere. They discuss the signature characteristics of life, common dynamics among extraterrestrial organisms, and…
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Today at 6:30 PM, AMEBA Revista Club with Catalina Acosta discusses the algorithmic origins of life, emphasizing how information influences matter through hierarchical organization and top-down causation, marking a…
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I'm not saying that it should't be an option - I'm just saying that it would be ideal for me to be in a fitted one-piece adult jumper while Daddy is wearing his nuetral solid-color top and baggy Winnie The Pooh patterned lounge pants to show how much he values our dynamic.
That’s anecdotal. wytness as a concept is not dependent upon class stature. I usually don’t argue w/anonymous accounts, BUT that’s factually not true. My lived experience in the south & north of the U.S. tells me there’s no distinction from either class of wyts in regards to me being an “N-word”.
If you think you notice and wonder about more things than the average person, it might be because a lot of what you notice and wonder isn't functionally real to anyone except you.
Hull KR top Magic Weekend 2026 sales with record 25,000 tickets sold
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Hull KR lead the Magic Weekend 2026 ticket sales ahead of Wigan Warriors as over 25,000 pre-sale tickets…
I absolutely love onedrive. I finally figured out a way to turn it off and it deleted everything on my God damn laptop. It took me 3 hours to get it all back.
Since JD Vance & the admin so likes dead naming and demanding everyone must use their birth name and birth sex then we need to start calling him by his name, Jim Bowman. He shall now be known as Vice-President Bowman.
To wit, this rhetoric has been getting ever more extreme moving from quaint conservative stuff like "if the gays get married no one will have children again", to "the right of women to vote will destroy civilization because they're too empathetic and then [redacted nazi stuff]"
He knows now that he deserved better, but it’s hard not to be mad at himself for not seeing through the lies. Time heals all wounds, though, as a does better relationship.
Stanley is a fun story right now, but I think the bigger story is Barron's emergence as a factor in the middle-6. It improves two lines with his speed complementing Lowry and Nino giving Perfetti and Namestnikov some presence down the slot.
"jfc you dont need to worry about us, worry about yourself"
im already insecure enough that im gonna be replaced please dont rub it in. i know im jut a second rate.
How tf do you make a $21M "accounting error"?! Like...I'm curious how this happens. #ORleg #ORpol #PDX #Portland #Oregon #Homeless #Houseless #HousingFunds www.opb.org/article/2025...
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외국인 및 기관 투자가의 적극적인 매수세로 인해 주도.
이러한 요인은 R&D 및 파이프라인 가치 상승,
정부의 바이오 산업 육성 정책, 그리고 기술적 반등에 기인,
그러나 차익 실현과 공매도 증가 등의 리스크 요소도 고려 필요.
중장기적으로 긍정적인 전망이 유지될 가능성,
단기 변동성과 시장·사업 리스크에도 유의하면서 분할 매수 및 수급 모니터링,
업황 분석을 기반으로 한 적극적인 전략적 접근 #셀트리온
While I am watching a movie with my boyfriend, and getting ready for bed. You are going to find a way to spoil me via ko-fi.com/goddessjessa...
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AP Govt’s Big Boost To Cricketer Charani!
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The government of Andhra Pradesh has taken a strong stand when it comes to empowering the sporting infrastructure…
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One of the more popular Digimon. Its not Agumon but its still a dinosaur so that's still pretty cool. Also, bro looks raw as hell in this picture!
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#digimon #ps5 #videogames #gaming
my boss from corpo got mad when he saw the "surplus labor defense fun" sign i put on our tip jar. told me everything i need to know about where his head is at.
Not to downplay this particular subset, but it’s been a tactic for white supremacists for a long time. TL;DR: They take advantage of fans in fandom spaces who have specific grievances and then brainwash them. It’s also why the Star Wars fandom has a racism problem and fans who side with the Empire.
@yoginho IMO she has changed her thinking a lot since 2013, where she clearly had computationalist tendencies to characterize life./1
https://t.co/yEN3e03HmT
@sygarte Saw this idea echoed in a paper by Davies and Walker “The Algorithmic Origins of Life”, discussing that the transition from life to non-life is the acquisition of top down causal influences.
Interestingly, in causal inference, you don’t climb the causal hierarchy (Pearl’s
"the emergence of life may correspond to a physical transition associated with a shift in the causal structure, where information gains direct and context-dependent causal efficacy over the matter in which it is instantiated"
https://t.co/VcfXbRpiDI
@nilsengu @Sara_Imari If you read “The algorithmic origins of life” by @Sara_Imari you will notice that her perspective on what life is has changed in the last decade.
https://t.co/yEN3e03HmT
May 23, 2025 · 2 likes · 1 share · 753 followersView post →
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Cezary Żekanowski
@CZekanowski · X
Walker SI, Davies PCW. 2013 The algorithmic origins of life. J R Soc Interface 10: 20120869.
https://t.co/oNIZZP8bwH https://t.co/GVx2YWCc1m
@SharonRawlette @RalphStefanWeir Why can't phenomenal consciousness be understood as higher order informational processes that are independent of underlying lower order (physical) processes? See: https://t.co/OjswXMvIBH
@nc_znc as first commenter, i'll give you "The algorithmic origins of life", a great starting point for thinking about origins of life outside of chemistry (aka the question "regardless of microscopic details, why should life emerge at all?")
https://t.co/UAfihSJDKd
Mar 9, 2024 · 4 likes · 1,539 followersView post →
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Melchior
@chaos_commander · X
@beffjezos And life is the phase transition where higher-level informational structures constrain and gain causal efficacy over the lower levels and, ultimately, even the physical matter in which it is instantiated in.
https://t.co/OjswXMvIBH
Coming very soon is episode 2 in my audio paper series where I read the fascinating paper ‘The Algorithmic Origins of Life’ by Paul Davies and Sara Walker:
https://t.co/0HWNqT5sFx.
@TRej2011 @CubeSteve @ThyreonPisteos @Renevelation @Kastonius @BeatTheCult Here's a good article on OOL by Paul Davies and Sarah Walker. For me, their work is the truest.
They don't lie about the problems in OOL and OOI (origin of information which is tied to OOL)
https://t.co/m6zlgW1SA2
@ProfNoahGian There is some interesting literature on defining life.
https://t.co/p69fRJfEgC
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Remmelt Ellen
@RemmeltE · X
@SturnioloSimone Need to consider how evolutionary selection acts on the basis of physical interactions that bring about conditions/contexts needed for atoms/molecules to be maintained and re-assembled in their configurations.
Worth reading, by a physicist:
https://t.co/p69fRJfEgC
@JustRickard @worldviewdesign The challenge I'm raising is basically the one Sara Walker & Paul Davies identify as the central challenge of the origin of life: To explain how instructional information control systems emerge naturally and spontaneously from mere molecular dynamics. https://t.co/6E0tuL4i1q https://t.co/4vdiCdn1J6
@o_guest @ForrestLandry19 @JimRuttShow @Sara_Imari These are rare and busy people.
I don't know whether they're seriously motivated to check whether "self-sufficient learning machinery", as realisable, would be inherently destructive of our ecosystem.
Ie. no co-evolution.
Dr Walker has the insights:
https://t.co/p69fRJgc6a
@squaredunit Actually, artificial lifeforms are physically possible:
https://t.co/p69fRJgc6a
Learning machinery that can operate and maintain/re-produce their own components without needing to interact with humans.
Their needs would diverge entirely from ours, and it would wipe us all out.
Jul 30, 2023 · 1 like · 2,562 followersView post →
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Remmelt Ellen
@RemmeltE · X
@AfterDaylight @politeabox Yes, and you need both the DNA and the surrounding protein-expression context for life to work.
https://t.co/p69fRJfEgC
A mistake you are making here is that implying that you can reduce the space of relevant physical features through which the biological organism functions.
BEAUTIFUL paper from 10 years ago.
"Thus, the algorithm inhabits one molecular universe and its products inhabit another. We consider this separation to be one of the hallmarks of life" https://t.co/zMtwkgueY8
May 17, 2023 · 2 likes · 1 share · 632 followersView post →
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Luis Loaiza
@luisloaiza · X
The algorithmic origins of life https://t.co/kj5qfi5Ftz
The algorithmic origins of life
Sara Imari Walker
Paul C. W. Davies
06FEB2013
https://t.co/Sau0vmx53k
Although it has been notoriously difficult to pin down precisely what is it that makes life so distinctive & remarkable, there is general agreement that its informational ...
“We should at least ponder: maybe human-level artificial intelligence is impossible. Maybe the universe can do things we can’t.”
How about the universe will do what it did to organic chemical assemblies to artificial (silica) assemblies?
https://t.co/p69fRJgc6a
@mgubrud Agreed that currently no AI system is reproducing (non-trivially self-replicating) as a lifeform:
https://t.co/p69fRJgc6a
I would prefer to keep it that way.
@JaTapps @Ah_Science @DanielJNickolas @WatsonSpeaking @TakeThatDarwin @encyclopath @BigRig_atoni @CharClin @RealBrysonGray Sarah Walker and Paul Davies article.
Now, I will caveat they do present the pros and cons to each, matter first or information first. The highlighted references the problem of information first.
https://t.co/GS35eyz4fA https://t.co/sSSLMh3vpr
RT @DNAntonie: This appears to be a very good read:
https://t.co/Jyl3Iz9DZQ
Aug 31, 2022 · 2 shares · 357 followersView post →
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Bert Hubert (DNA)
@DNAntonie · X
This appears to be a very good read:
https://t.co/Jyl3Iz9DZQ
Aug 31, 2022 · 15 likes · 2 shares · 814 followersView post →
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Horacio Pérez Sánchez
@horacio_ps · X
RT @flloaers: Now tiptoeing down the bibliographical rabbit hole:
The algorithmic origins of life, by Sara Imari Walker [@Sara_Imari] & Pa…
Aug 23, 2022 · 1 share · 2,420 followersView post →
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NeuroKinesio
@NKinesio · X
“Подробней об этом см. работу Марсии Бейтс «Fundamental Forms of Information» и работу Сары Имари Уокер и ПолаДэвиса «The algorithmic origins of life».” https://t.co/2fIEJ4TL6a
that cannot be crossed by mere complexification of passive
hardware... For this rather deep reason, it may be that life had to be 'bimolecular' from the start."
https://t.co/lPhwh1lOEL
@Kangerine @samanthaeulala @CovidSolidarit1 Related: wanna blow your mind? Life is a software program of matter. But NOT how you think.
https://t.co/Yfu9jgKqKg
https://t.co/8HvOPPzrpp
Now tiptoeing down the bibliographical rabbit hole:
The algorithmic origins of life, by Sara Imari Walker [@Sara_Imari] & Paul C W Davies
May 29, 2022 · 1 like · 1 share · 1,482 followersView post →
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Complexity Cat
@amahury0 · X
https://t.co/yEN3e03HmT
“Characterizing the emergence of life as a shift in causal structure due to information gaining causal efficacy over matter marks the origin of life as a unique transition in the physical realm.”
RT @StephenPiment: The algorithmic origins of life
https://t.co/lt9LvcjztT
Mar 17, 2022 · 1 share · 10,806 followersView post →
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Stephen Pimentel
@StephenPiment · X
The algorithmic origins of life
https://t.co/lt9LvcjztT
Mar 17, 2022 · 3 likes · 1 share · 12,899 followersView post →
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James V. Kohl
@microRNApro · X
"The algorithmic origins of [energy-dependent biophysically constrained] life" https://t.co/7pnQT1IclA 2/6/13 Compare the algorithmic origins to https://t.co/4AnTlUUv7u 4/25/20 Take two algorithms and use them to suppress the facts about sunlight, humidity and pH-dependent life.
In their paper "The algorithmic origins of life," Sarah Walker (@Sara_Imari) & Paul Davies understand genetic information & functionality as context dependent, distributed throughout the environment & emergent from the whole history of the organism, rather than being
Feb 15, 2022 · 1 like · 9,237 followersView post →
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Adrian
@hojadi · X
@dirk_fasshauer @umfpt @TakeThatDarwin @DiscoveryCSC @Ah_Science @hessenjunge76 @DoubleDumas @spikeinthemidge P1 is true! You said you'd do your homework.
"what makes life so distinctive and remarkable [6–8], there is general agreement that its INFORMATIONAL aspect is one key property, and perhaps the key property [9–12]."
https://t.co/euyio620vL
@dirk_fasshauer @umfpt @TakeThatDarwin @DiscoveryCSC Perhaps it isn't clear to you that I'm not arguing against Evolution. Only against the "blind" aspect of Darwinism.
My P1&P2 argument is for Abiogenesis.
Many scientists see the shortcoming of Neo-Darwinism.
Some are presented here
https://t.co/euyio620vL
@hessenjunge76 @dirk_fasshauer @TakeThatDarwin @DiscoveryCSC This scientist contradicts u: Sarah Imari Walker - theoretical physicist & astrobiologist:
"Chemical-based approaches have stalled at a very early stage of chemical complexity – very far from anything we would consider ‘alive.’"
Read up:
https://t.co/euyio620vL
@theosib2 @nordstelo @rkdoctr @StevenDJBaumann You are self delusional. The algorithmic origins of life
https://t.co/UUkpBYoMWq https://t.co/ImAYOtmNXr
Fantastic paper by @Sara_Imari & Paul Davies on origin of life marked by top-down informational control (what I'd call formal causes) https://t.co/Zo9dsecHlM
Jan 6, 2022 · 18 likes · 7 shares · 9,237 followersView post →
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Otangelo Grasso
@OtangeloG · X
@StatedClearly @RichardDawkins @DavidFialho @leecronin @Sara_Imari The algorithmic origins of life
https://t.co/9mYGH6CG1z https://t.co/eHcaKnCdaD
@kprather88 @RommieAmaro @abbydommer @CAICECCI I think imma file this among my favorite papers, up there with @Sara_Imari's "The Algorithmic Origins of Life"
Nov 16, 2021 · 3 likes · 3,989 followersView post →
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Daniel Buk
@DanBuk4 · X
RT @sfiscience: From SFI External Prof @Sara_Imari (@Beyond_ASU):
The algorithmic #OriginsOfLife
https://t.co/m5S5dZKtss
#UniversalScalin…
Mar 8, 2021 · 1 share · 2,203 followersView post →
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Santa Fe Institute
@sfiscience · X
From SFI External Prof @Sara_Imari (@Beyond_ASU):
The algorithmic #OriginsOfLife
https://t.co/m5S5dZKtss
#UniversalScaling across biochemical networks on Earth
https://t.co/zvi13UUZ4W
@freethinkmedia video:
What Alien Life Could Teach Us About Humanity
https://t.co/rYJbfiLVAC https://t.co/udytCKczNX
Mar 8, 2021 · 15 likes · 1 share · 66,148 followersView post →
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Mike Cane
@mikecane · X
RT @Sara_Imari: @Ceremona @michaelgarfield @FroehlichMarcel @sfiscience we proposed origin of life as a transition in informational archite…
RT @Sara_Imari: @Ceremona @michaelgarfield @FroehlichMarcel @sfiscience we proposed origin of life as a transition in informational archite…
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Sara Imari Walker
@Sara_Imari · X
@Ceremona @michaelgarfield @FroehlichMarcel @sfiscience we proposed origin of life as a transition in informational architecture here in 2013, but there is a long history of thinking by many great researchers in this direction https://t.co/kSXLbyu7z7
Feb 4, 2021 · 6 likes · 3 shares · 35,765 followersView post →
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Dr. Acacia Ackles
@alackles · X
@maniermk In that case, @Sara_Imari has some really captivating theory work that is both exciting to read and communicates really well what is interesting about pure theory: https://t.co/6hu4U90uhn
And I don't have a particular paper in mind but I know I've also enjoyed reading Sarah Otto
@pnavidi @neurovium @Entropy_MDPI @nataliegref @Sara_Imari @ChrisKempes And we're back to where we started. No point in discourse if you're convinced you're right without considering the alternative position.
This is unsettled science. We hope you find our research helpful. It's as rigorous as possible. Have a great day.
https://t.co/m5S5dZKtss
The algorithmic origins of life.
Although it has been difficult to pin down precisely what is it that makes life so distinctive and remarkable, there is general agreement that its informational aspect is one key property, perhaps the key property.
https://t.co/6BzjLdMFWK
Mar 13, 2020 · 2 likes · 1 share · 1,861 followersView post →
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Philosophers for Sustainability
@Phil4Sustain · X
RT @HelmanDaniel: @Phil4Sustain @IAPGeoethics Sure! I love Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals as an introduction to rights; and…
May 13, 2019 · 1 share · 1,171 followersView post →
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Daniel S Helman, PhD
@HelmanDaniel · X
@Phil4Sustain @IAPGeoethics Sure! I love Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals as an introduction to rights; and work by
Margulis on endosymbiosis
https://t.co/SPwaa3kb86 and
Lovelock on Gaia Hypothesis; and various authors on definitions of life. https://t.co/0NClDyBde8 https://t.co/ipWkdxsgZf
May 13, 2019 · 1 like · 1 share · 2,091 followersView post →
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