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		bloopernova on Dec 14, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Recursive Game of Life 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?

fernanDOTdo on Dec 14, 2022 | [–]

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

layer8 on Dec 14, 2022 | [–]

The difficulty is keeping it error-free. The best way we know is what we're using for CPUs.

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