thaumaturgy
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Thats like saying he made some bricks, then these bricks are somehow able construct themselves into the Empire State Building.
When life arose, who was there to combine and properly treat this compounds?
When I mix two compounds together in the lab there are a number of spontaneous reactions that can occur simply because the chemicals are together and the temperature is right.
That's why life from non-life is such an interesting concept. What makes life life is really little more than merely chemistry. Chemistry occurs even without an intelligence behind it.
Look at the growth of a crystal from solution. It will follow rather strict chemical rules and build an extremely regular geometric shape just because the right chemicals are in contact with a surface.
One of my favorite articles I've found lately is one in which the attempt is made to understand why all life on earth shows homochirality (the preference of one isomeric form of some chemical compounds over another). This, while still hypothetical in relation to early life, is just elegant!
Take a look at it here.
The concept that so much of what we are simply is chemistry is fascinating. And chemistry follows rules.
Who was there to arrange the chemicals? Maybe it was little more than a mineral surface!
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