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Comment by ceejayoz

6 days ago

Finding short words in strings of random letters at least establishes the existence of letters and words.

It doesn't demonstrate the existence of Shakespeare's works, but it's a building block that's good to know exists.

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pfdietz  6 days ago

All it means is you can say "if life is rare, it's not because these specific small chemicals can't be produced". Which is a rather weak thing to say. It doesn't imply life isn't rare, or that further advancement the existence of these small building blocks is easy or inevitable.

  • ceejayoz  6 days ago

    > All it means is you can say "if life is rare, it's not because these specific small chemicals can't be produced".

    This is absolutely a good finding to have in your pocket.

  • pixl97  6 days ago

    Finding strong things here is going to be difficult. Sometimes you have to take a bunch of weak things to figure out where they lie for guidance.