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Old 06-09-2011, 08:13 AM   #1
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"That's the thing about self-replication. If it's possible, and the universe is big enough, it WILL happen."

That's a big IF, scientifically speaking. Any evidence of non organic molecules coming to life?
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Old 06-09-2011, 08:17 AM   #2
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That's a big IF, scientifically speaking. Any evidence of non organic molecules coming to life?
Well, UG posts from time to time.

I'm kidding, I kid.
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Old 06-09-2011, 08:57 AM   #3
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Well, UG posts from time to time.

I'm kidding, I kid.
Made me snort.
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Old 06-09-2011, 08:58 AM   #4
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I smiled a little.... I have to ration my snorts these days
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Old 06-09-2011, 09:40 AM   #5
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I know you're a busy gal, but no time for a short snort?
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Old 06-09-2011, 09:12 AM   #6
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Any evidence of non organic molecules coming to life?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiogenesis
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Old 06-14-2011, 07:41 AM   #7
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Lots of might haves, maybes, hypothoses and theories, still no evidence.
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Old 06-14-2011, 08:36 AM   #8
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Lots of might haves, maybes, hypothoses and theories, still no evidence.
At least as much as there is for a magical creation.
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Old 06-27-2011, 08:09 PM   #9
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Lots of might haves, maybes, hypothoses and theories, still no evidence.
Oh yeah, where is all of the evidence for your belief that "God did it"?

Its a flat out lazy belief. In times past it was understandable to attribute natural phenomena that humans didn't understand to God/Supernatural because we didn't have widespread education and scientific process. Nowadays though, its inexcusable. If I don't know how a chair is made that doesn't mean I think God made it just because I don't know the answer.
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Old 06-09-2011, 11:20 AM   #10
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"That's the thing about self-replication. If it's possible, and the universe is big enough, it WILL happen."

That's a big IF, scientifically speaking. Any evidence of non organic molecules coming to life?
Technically, "organic" roughly means "has carbon", so evidence of non-organic compounds forming life would be even more interesting than organic ones.

Of course, evidence (not proof) of non-life becoming life is that there is life now, and evidence for it becomes simpler and scarcer the further back you look in the geological record, and if you go far enough back, the Earth was in a state where life was probably impossible.

There is also evidence that various components of life can arise naturally, and various steps that are hypothesized as being likely in the formation of life are possible.

And there's also the fact that the leading "competition" to the idea of abiogenesis is "maybe it was magic!"
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