294 | Addy Pross on Dynamics, Stability, and Life

1948.899 - 1979.935 Addy Pross

And the reason was very simple. The 500-segment molecule replicated faster than the longer molecule. So the shorter molecule out-replicated the longer one. But that was going from complexity to simplicity as opposed to the other way, which is what we want. And that's been holding up that way of thinking about life, well, for 50, 60 years. So that hasn't been the way to get there.