The key is that you’re usually not following the recipe as accurately as you think.

Also, burnt out & liquid in means too hot. Calibrate your oven so you’re actually baking at the temps the recipe calls for!

The “make it twice as long” is genius.

I thought they defined persistence as literally the length of time an entity exists. There are many ways to persis under their model.

For non biological systems, it’s about being in a energetically favorable state for the environment. For example, while many chemicals will form and break down quickly as their environment changes, with form more stable structures that persist through the shifting environments. These structures are selected for as the basis of potentially new reactions and chemicals.

I haven’t given chemistry much thought, but the idea holds pretty well for biological systems.

Ultimately, you’re right this is totally a thought piece. However, it’s great discussion material.

Evo biologist here. These ideas are not really new to the field of evolution, but they are well laid out (if a little dense) & somewhat codified here.

The paper is an interesting read. Dunno if i agree with all of it yet, but it’s good to see the case made for thinking about evolution as a process that spans systems come up again.

Alright bub. You tried buying a car in the last 3 years?