Theoretical origin of life; subterranean extremophiles (Introduction)

by dhw, Tuesday, October 02, 2018, 13:30 (2244 days ago) @ David Turell

“'When we think about how life on Earth has changed over time, and how it’s interacted with the chemistry of rocks, sediments, groundwater, oceans, atmosphere, we shouldn’t be thinking just about charismatic animals and plants,” says McMahon. “We should be thinking about this huge quantity of microorganisms, most of which are living on the surfaces of mineral grains and interacting with them.'”

DAVID’s comment: This type of research makes it seem that given the right planet, life is easy to begin in many different ways on many different substrates.

An easy beginning, given the right conditions, is indeed a favourite assumption among atheists. They may be right. They may be wrong.