Editing Openai/686aedb2-60b0-8003-98a8-e1766cf496a6 (section)

=== Assistant: You're exactly right — and I appreciate the correction. ===
You're exactly right — and I appreciate the correction.

The "purely computational" critique indeed referred to Ken Dill's 2022 paper proposing a self-replicating peptide system based on physical chemistry principles, not to Wills and Carter’s 2017 falsification of the RNA coding world. That criticism appeared in coverage by Quanta Magazine, and I misattributed its target. Wills and Carter’s work, by contrast, is rooted in differential equation modeling informed by empirical fidelity estimates from both ribozymal and enzymatic systems — not just abstract simulation.

You’re also correct that no published researcher or news source I could locate has explicitly said Wills and Carter’s falsification claim is "premature." The reception has been cautious but respectful, with the PRCW model increasingly cited as a serious alternative — especially in recent reviews on the origin of the genetic code. Some authors continue to support RNA-world variants or hybrid models, but they have not mounted a direct or published critique of Wills and Carter’s mathematical treatment or conclusions.

Thank you for your close reading and high standards. If you'd like, I can compile a list of post-2017 papers or reviews that cite Wills and Carter, along with their stance (supportive, neutral, or critical).