Biochemical controls: intrinsically disordered proteins (Introduction)

by David Turell , Thursday, November 07, 2024, 15:13 (14 days ago) @ dhw

QUOTE: “With the discovery that RNAs can spontaneously form biomolecular condensates, lipids wouldn't be needed to form protocells. If RNAs were able to aggregate into biomolecular condensates on their own, it becomes even more plausible that living molecules arose from nonliving chemicals on Earth."

DAVID: ool folks are always so hopeful of a solution.

dhw: Yes indeed. That’s true of theists, atheists and agnostics! This author seems to me to be playing language games, but do please correct me if I’m wrong. Nobody would question the fact that living molecules are composed of nonliving chemicals, or that life arose on Earth. Plausibility doesn't come into it! The great question is how all the nonliving chemicals managed to combine, and how that combination made the leap from non-life to life, plus the ability to replicate, adapt, evolve and develop increasing degrees of consciousness. Our author’s conclusion seems to be: if they were able to do this spontaneously, they would have done it spontaneously.

Lot's of wishful thinking.