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by arp242 1063 days ago
You're approaching this from a very high-level abstract theoretical point of view; things probably were significantly simpler than you're imagining. There was no "factory" or "information" or anything like that: just basic mechanics on the molecular level. This is still how things like DNA work today, as well as prions as I mentioned before, albeit these are much more complex than earlier life of course.