[WildTurkey]

I am proposing that assembly of a chain to some reasonable length would reach a point of relative efficiency where it could replicate, methodically assemble, and become an organism.

Can you provide a link to the website you got that proposal from?

[animoveritas]

I: first person singular. It might be hard to believe, but the internet is not the source of all irrefutable knowledge. Some people do their own analysis and reasoning, and don't just recycle tired old ideas. They also like to spin up the insecure.