the capabilities of chaos and complexity混乱和复杂的功能.pdf

Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 10, 247-291; doi:10.3390/ijm OPEN ACCESS International Journal of Molecular Sciences ISSN 1422-0067 /journal/ijms Review The Capabilities of Chaos and Complexity David L. Abel The Gene Emergence Project, The Origin of Life Science Foundation, Inc. 113-120 Hedgewood Dr. Greenbelt, MD 20770-1610 USA. E-Mail: life@; Tel. 301-441-2923; Fax: 301-441-8135 Received: 6 November 2008; in revised form: 27 December 2008 / Accepted: 4 January 2009 / Published: 9 January 2009 Abstract: To what degree could chaos and complexity have organized a Peptide or RNA World of crude yet necessarily integrated protometabolism? How far could such protolife evolve in the absence of a heritable linear digital symbol system that could mutate, instruct, regulate, optimize and maintain metabolic homeostasis? To address these questions, chaos, complexity, self-ordered states, and organization must all be carefully defined and distinguished. In addition their cause-and-effect relationships and mechanisms of action must be delineated. Are there any formal (non physical, abstract, conceptual, algorithmic) components to chaos, complexity, self-ordering and organization, or are they entirely physicodynamic (physical, mass/energy interaction alone)? Chaos and complexity can produce some fascinati