The Big Bang (Origins)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Thursday, May 13, 2010, 03:50 (5307 days ago) @ David Turell


> > They're ultimately stating that abiogenesis is impossible due to chirality alone. Far too simplistic to be taken seriously--which considering how much writing is here, they could have condensed this. 
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> > Ultimately it's basing its argument on raw organic chemistry, and not the "pidgin" chemistry one would expect to find in the actual abiogenesis event. It's a strawman: "If we just toss a bunch of chemicals together, voila! We don't get life!"
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> > Very unimpressed.
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> OK, agreed, but chirality is a major issue in OOL.-Don't worry, I read Shapiro this summer.

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