>No such thing as literal 100% selfreplication. That would be difficult for
>
>mere mortals: replicating oneself in interstellar space for example. :-)
>
>In that sense we are indeed and will always be in a grace-period.

I don't think you understand what I mean by grace period.
It's that time from first replicator to when it is adapted to its environment
well enough to exist - stay alive.
There was no grace period between those two events when the environment had no
effect on that first replicator.
It was not given time to adapt by Mother Nature.
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