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===== Trying to reconstruct nitrogenase’s evolution isn’t just academic curiosity: =====
* It tells us how early life solved impossible chemistry
* It guides attempts to design sustainable fertilizers (a cleaner alternative to the energy-hungry Haber–Bosch process)
* It reshapes how we think about life on other planets (nitrogen-rich atmospheres suddenly look very different)

Given your fascination with evolutionary materialism and deep dependencies, this enzyme fits perfectly into your worldview:
no grand design, no intention — just an absurdly elegant molecular workaround that everything else depends on.

If you want, next we can:
* zoom into how nitrogenase actually pulls off the chemistry
* connect it to Gaia-like feedback loops
* or talk about why evolution keeps reusing ancient solutions instead of inventing better ones