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That is how it goes on after it has been started. But without that first spark, it will never happen.
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And what kind of "citation" would you accept as binding?
Academia.edu, unioviedo.net, ohio-state.edu, ed.gov, researchgate.net Something along those lines would be best.
I'd avoid SomeRandom.wordpress.com sites, and youtube.com videos.
 
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Academia.edu, unioviedo.net, ohio-state.edu, ed.gov, researchgate.net Something along those lines would be best.
I'd avoid SomeRandom.wordpress.com sites, and youtube.com videos.
LOL. Like anyone in the scientific community has EVER had any success in creating sentience out of lifelessness. Or even had the ability to try.

So to date - there is ZERO evidence that sentience can start on its own. Since we have it, I have to appeal to the only reliable record of that event: "Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being." Gen 2.7
 
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LOL. Like anyone in the scientific community has EVER had any success in creating sentience out of lifelessness. Or even had the ability to try.

So to date - there is ZERO evidence that sentience can start on its own. Since we have it, I have to appeal to the only reliable record of that event: "Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being." Gen 2.7
So no citation, why not just say that when asked?
 
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