Abiogenesis (Origins)

by David Turell , Tuesday, August 09, 2011, 01:42 (4643 days ago) @ broken_cynic

All well and good, but I wasn't talking about the processes or even the results. I meant that the materials and the laws that govern their interaction are the same stuff all the way down. In short, there is no élan vital to distinguish the inert from the living, the difference is all in the pattern of the dance (the arrangement and interaction of the same basic pieces.-We define life as something very different than inorganic matter. I can well ask the question, are you living? Or do you consider yourself a mobile structure? Do you have consciousness? Going from inorganic material to living matter is a giant step we cannot explain. Frankly I don't know what you consider e'lan vital.