97yo genie #HHPattee published a chapter just few months ago in #OpenSemiotics vol4, in which expands & pushes his theoretical argumentation framework, embracing the recent biology research on #abiogenesis & spontaneous #folding

top quote:

» #RNATieClub did not discover the “mechanism” of the code because there was no #mechanism
The code is symbolic or “chemically gratuitous” in #Monod words
There was nothing to discover from laws or logical thinking «

https://www.academia.edu/114451075/Symbol_Grounding_by_Folding_The_Primary_Biosemiosis

#biosemiotics