{"id":8768,"date":"2025-02-14T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=8768"},"modified":"2024-12-14T19:45:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T19:45:15","slug":"biosemiotics-and-the-origins-of-life-on-earth-part-7-of-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=8768","title":{"rendered":"Biosemiotics and the Origins of Life on Earth (Part 7 of 8)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0310 What happens next?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fatty acid serves as the emergent being<sub>2b<\/sub>, because the carboxylic-acid side tends to favor the water and the alkane side stays in the oil droplet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide100.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide100.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide100.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide100-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0311 In short, fatty acid is the emergent being<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;that has the potential of stabilizing oil droplets<sub>1c<\/sub>, allowing them to &#8220;feed off&#8221; or &#8220;absorb&#8221; oil from less stable oil droplets<sub>2c<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0312 Does Sharov&#8217;s scenario, as far as it goes, fit&nbsp;<em>the Deacon-Tabaczek interscope?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, it does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide101.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide101.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide101.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide101-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0313 Does this interscope associate to&nbsp;<em>the S&amp;T noumenal overlay?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, it does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide102.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide102.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide102.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide102-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0314 Well, so far so good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nevertheless, there is a long way to go to get to a prokaryotic cell (as noted in sections 5.8-5.10 of&nbsp;<em>Semiotic Agency<\/em>&nbsp;and 9.6-9.8 of&nbsp;<em>Pathways<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, prokaryotic cells replicate themselves through cell division.&nbsp;&nbsp;But, the replication is nothing like this oil droplet example.&nbsp;&nbsp;That is because DNA plays a role in prokaryotic cell division.&nbsp;&nbsp;Biologist call this type of replication, &#8220;template based&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, there is the issue of the cell membrane.&nbsp;&nbsp;The cell membrane is a lipid bilayer, consisting of phosphorylated fatty acids.&nbsp;&nbsp;In other words, fatty acids may stabilize an oil droplet.&nbsp;&nbsp;Once those fatty acids have a phosphate attached to them, then their phosphates love water so much that the alkane-portion of the molecule is excluded from the water so strongly that a bilayer is stable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0315 Also, there is the formalization of pigments that capture sunlight in order to produce energy-rich sugar molecules.&nbsp;&nbsp;Today, photosynthesis absorbs carbon dioxide (gas) and releases oxygen (gas).&nbsp;&nbsp;In the early Earth, photosynthesis does the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is the balanced chemical reaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide103.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide103.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide103.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide103-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0310 What happens next? 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