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You'll have to be more specific - which particular life form did you have in mind?Question 4: After evolving for hundreds of millions of years, why does a life form start to degenerate just after birth only to destroy itself in a short period of time?
Organic chemistry is irrelevant in a sterile environment. Once the sterilization event has occurredWhat forms the basis of organic chemistry?
What are organic compounds made of?
Organic chemistry is irrelevant in a sterile environment. Once the sterilization event has occurred
the environment is sterile regardless of the chemical composition of the environment.
Yes. And I'll admit that this is a strange question to me. It's a bit like saying "Look at this rock. Do you believe it formed?" Well, yes. I'm looking at it right now. Clearly the rock formed at some point. Likewise, there was a time when organisms did not exist, and now they do, so obviously they were formed through a process. We don't fully understand that process yet, but that doesn't change the fact that this process must have happened.Question 1: Do you believe that there was a chance merging of organic materials necessary at just the right time, circumstance, and environment to produce a living entity?
It's a bit odd to say something like this 90 minutes after you start a thread. What makes you think anyone was ignoring it?So far we've got two yes's and a lot of people ignoring the thread. I was hoping for more participation.
Here's the last question. It's a "why" question so I won't be surprised to see a variety of answers. It's also obviously an essay question, so knock yourselves out. Thanks.
Question 4: After evolving for hundreds of millions of years, why does a life form start to degenerate just after birth only to destroy itself in a short period of time?
Amino acids that are ingredients of a protein were what was produced out of that experiment. And you need a ribosome to create a protein. The 20 amino acids that are found within proteins convey a vast array of chemical versatility. Tertiary Structure of a protein. The precise amino acid content, and the sequence of those amino acids, of a specific protein, is determined by the sequence of the bases in the gene that encodes that protein.Miller and Urey set out to prove that complex organic molecules could emerge from simple chemicals in an environment like that of the early Earth. The experiment was a stunning success.
The simplest cell are unicellular organisms, which are an information, processing and replicating system of astonishing complexity. Even Dawkins admits that the single cell is the simplest form of life in the God Delusion. I guess the next simpleton cell in your imagination would be a rock.The problem is that none of the cells you are pointing to are said to be the product of abiogenesis.
Hello Gene2memE.You didn't answer the questions.
What forms the basis of organic chemistry?
What are organic compounds made of?
Once you answer the questions, then we can start talking about life and sterile environments.
Hello Gene2memE.
Methinks the answer is carbon.
Organic compounds therefore are composed of carbon based compounds.
Was that answer acceptable?
Anything living will do.You'll have to be more specific - which particular life form did you have in mind?
Organisms can degenerate and die for a multitude of reasons. Ironically, life's too short to waste time trying to list them all here. If you have some particular example in mind tell me, and I'll see if I can explain it.Anything living will do.
It most likely wasn't running as smoothly as it does now, but I believe so, yes. Otherwise the life would have stopped before it got anywhere.Question 3: Do you believe that following the initial spark of life, that homeostasis took over from there?
Here's the last question. It's a "why" question so I won't be surprised to see a variety of answers. It's also obviously an essay question, so knock yourselves out. Thanks.
Question 4: After evolving for hundreds of millions of years, why does a life form start to degenerate just after birth only to destroy itself in a short period of time?
The boundaries and definition of life are debatable and uncertain, for example, the hoary old question - are viruses alive?
Organic chemistry is irrelevant in a sterile environment. Once the sterilization event has occurred
the environment is sterile regardless of the chemical composition of the environment.
Hello Gene2memE.Acceptable.
Next question: Is carbon sterile?
Hello Gene2.Ok, so carbon is sterile. And carbon forms the basis for organic chemistry. Organic chemistry in turn forms the basis for life.
So, can life originate from a sterile environment?
Life as we know it Gene2, appears to have organic chemistry as a basis for any givenOrganic chemistry in turn forms the basis for life.
It is notable that a lot of these nasty bacteria seem to be degenerated forms of good bacteria. And because they are degenerated that can't get the nutrients they need, and therefore they have to become parasites from more complex organisms to get the nutrients. So you find things like the Mycoplasma, the simplest germ quite clearly has a degenerated genome. The leprosy germ tends to be five times smaller to benevolent germs yet have the same genome. So quite a lot of these germs are degenerated forms from once beneficial organisms.
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