Abiogenesis (Origins)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 04:03 (5379 days ago) @ George Jelliss

George, - > The latest on abiogenesis
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> Glycine found in comets
> http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE57H02I20090818?feedType=RSS&feedN... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090817143602.htm
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> Nucleobases found in meteorites
> http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-06/icl-sct061308.php
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> Video by cdkoo7 on abiogenesis according to Prof. Szostak
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6QYDdgP9eg
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> The above video explains the essentials very clearly.
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> Interview with Jack Szostak
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OwSARYTK7w
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> Lies ... and probability of abiogenesis
> http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/abioprob/abioprob.html
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> The above is about why the enormous improbabilities calculated by creationists / intelligent desighners are nonsense. - As much of a fan of abiogenesis as I am, at this point the detractors have an upper hand purely in terms that we simply don't have enough evidence yet. (I'm speaking strictly logically, as if it was a court case.) Though for some people (Turell) creating a chain of reactions that would result in life wouldn't nullify a creator, it would necessarily mean that one would not need to be invoked. - I have faith in science, but my time in biochem and computer labs make me a helluva lot more cautious than it would be to say we've solved the problem. We have tantalizing clues, and to me Turell's pointing out that only 8 amino acids of 20 were present brings a whole host of needed explanations. I agree with you that we don't need to invoke a deity, but neither will I accept that we have a good enough scientific explanation at this juncture.

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