Life's First Spark Re-Created in the Laboratory2. Comment #376872 by Steve Zara on May 14, 2009 at 12:11 pm
This is great news, but I hate the title. It makes me think of a mad Frankensteinian scientist yelling "It's Aliiiiiiive!"3. Comment #376874 by NewEnglandBob on May 14, 2009 at 12:17 pm
4. Comment #376877 by ColdFusionLazarus on May 14, 2009 at 12:19 pm
5. Comment #376878 by Steve Zara on May 14, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Comment #376871 by gurkuda6. Comment #376882 by gurkuda on May 14, 2009 at 12:24 pm
You're right ColdFusionLazarus. The only point where they stop is God. When you ask where god came from, however, they get tilted like a pinball machine.7. Comment #376887 by gurkuda on May 14, 2009 at 12:29 pm
SteveZara, that was a joke. Obviously, not a good one.8. Comment #376888 by MUNRO1 on May 14, 2009 at 12:29 pm
9. Comment #376889 by bendigeidfran on May 14, 2009 at 12:29 pm
10. Comment #376891 by ColdFusionLazarus on May 14, 2009 at 12:32 pm
11. Comment #376892 by Steve Zara on May 14, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Comment #376887 by gurkuda12. Comment #376894 by ColdFusionLazarus on May 14, 2009 at 12:34 pm
13. Comment #376897 by Steve Zara on May 14, 2009 at 12:36 pm
I should respond even more seriously than normal. This is very exciting research. The main problem of abiogenesis has always been the formation of bio-polymers. This has been sometimes dealt with in the past using the principle of large numbers, conceding that yes, the formation is very, very unlikely, but the number of places in the universe where the chemistry is possible is very, very large, so this could have happened somewhere, eventually, after millions of years.14. Comment #376900 by SASnSA on May 14, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Oh great, now we're going to have to put up with the Intelligent Choreographer proponents!15. Comment #376905 by gurkuda on May 14, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Nice one Steve Zara.16. Comment #376907 by Ipsilon on May 14, 2009 at 12:53 pm
17. Comment #376915 by bendigeidfran on May 14, 2009 at 1:12 pm
18. Comment #376918 by Tezcatlipoca on May 14, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Instead, it seems that polymerisation of nucleotides to form RNA is going to be pretty easy, and common.
19. Comment #376930 by bendigeidfran on May 14, 2009 at 1:33 pm
20. Comment #376960 by Colwyn Abernathy on May 14, 2009 at 2:22 pm
21. Comment #376961 by Liveliest Crib on May 14, 2009 at 2:32 pm
ColdFusionLazarus @ #376877:Ehh, those "critics" don't matter, since the purpose of such research is hardly to convince the likes of them. Their questions are rhetorical, they are not seeking answers, and their implied regress terminates without satisfactory explanation at the word "god." Whatever.
But it doesn't matter how much you can show how complexity builds gradually to complexity, ultimately the "critics" will ask, "Yeah, but what created those simpler molecules?" All the way back to, "Yeah, but what initiated the big bang?" There's no pleasing some . . .
22. Comment #376962 by epeeist on May 14, 2009 at 2:35 pm
This in no way goes against anything in the bible, its just a chemical reaction.
23. Comment #376963 by bendigeidfran on May 14, 2009 at 2:36 pm
24. Comment #376970 by Goldy on May 14, 2009 at 2:52 pm
26. Comment #376998 by Sally Luxmoore on May 14, 2009 at 4:02 pm
27. Comment #377001 by Steve Zara on May 14, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Comment #376998 by Sally Luxmoore28. Comment #377004 by Sally Luxmoore on May 14, 2009 at 4:06 pm
29. Comment #377005 by Steve Zara on May 14, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Comment #376960 by Colwyn Abernathy30. Comment #377006 by Sally Luxmoore on May 14, 2009 at 4:09 pm
31. Comment #377012 by Laurie Fraser on May 14, 2009 at 4:29 pm
32. Comment #377014 by Brian English on May 14, 2009 at 4:35 pm
33. Comment #377016 by Goldy on May 14, 2009 at 4:38 pm
34. Comment #377017 by Sally Luxmoore on May 14, 2009 at 4:40 pm
35. Comment #377018 by Diacanu on May 14, 2009 at 4:40 pm
36. Comment #377020 by Sally Luxmoore on May 14, 2009 at 4:41 pm
37. Comment #377021 by Brian English on May 14, 2009 at 4:42 pm
38. Comment #377022 by Goldy on May 14, 2009 at 4:42 pm
39. Comment #377024 by Sally Luxmoore on May 14, 2009 at 4:45 pm
40. Comment #377026 by Diacanu on May 14, 2009 at 4:48 pm
I believe that Dawkinite is deadly to Robertson.
41. Comment #377027 by Goldy on May 14, 2009 at 4:50 pm
42. Comment #377031 by FilthyWitness on May 14, 2009 at 5:00 pm
43. Comment #377054 by bendigeidfran on May 14, 2009 at 6:54 pm
44. Comment #377057 by Goldy on May 14, 2009 at 7:05 pm
45. Comment #377076 by Alternative Carpark on May 14, 2009 at 8:29 pm
46. Comment #377077 by aquilacane on May 14, 2009 at 8:30 pm
47. Comment #377292 by ridelo on May 15, 2009 at 8:51 am
48. Comment #377301 by Elli on May 15, 2009 at 9:15 am
49. Comment #377308 by gr8hands on May 15, 2009 at 9:30 am
The article I quote reasonably often, http://discovermagazine.com/2008/feb/did-life-evolve-in-ice seems to indicate that the chemicals involved tend to always join together to form more complex combinations.50. Comment #377313 by Steve Zara on May 15, 2009 at 9:43 am
Comment #377308 by gr8handsTheists fear this, because no creator god is necessary. "But who created the big bang?" is their foolish final question.
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1. Comment #376871 by gurkuda on May 14, 2009 at 12:05 pm
God's gonna be livid!Other Comments by gurkuda