Comment by bloopernova
3 years ago
I wonder what the smallest molecules/things are that could be used to make a real game of life? Could you do it with bacteria? Surely not viruses or amino acids?
3 years ago
I wonder what the smallest molecules/things are that could be used to make a real game of life? Could you do it with bacteria? Surely not viruses or amino acids?
The longest-running evolution experiment uses bacteria and it has been running for more than 30 years. There's a Veritasium video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4sLAQvEH-M
The difficulty is keeping it error-free. The best way we know is what we're using for CPUs.