So the cell just appeared? What came before the cell? If you start at the cell, then you must be some form of a creationist since you acknowledge it did not evolve from anything smaller.
You didn't even answer how evolution explains the conscience...this was precisely why Darwin had rivals in his day like Alfred Wallace who believed the conscience could not be explained by evolution.
I've never made anything up that is not true in this thread. On the contrary i even admitted creationism can not be proven by the scientific method (and i'm a creationist) since we can't go back in time to observe it or replicate how it was done.
Maybe someone else made this up.."
Yes, since they are so ignorant they think they have all the answers.....". It is one of several similar statements. If you want to talk issues fine; if you want to make up ad homs about people you dont know, thats not cool.
You q. about "so the cell just happened?"..... no.
If your idea here is to look for simple "gotchas" then Im not interested in playing. if you'd like to learn something, I can help.
Nobody in his right mind would say something like that. You, or someone, just made that up.
I guess, tho that you really know next to nothing about evolution so it SEEMS a reasonable q; so let me explain.
1. organic molecules of many sorts self assemble under a variety of natural and lab conditions. Some of them quite large and complex.
They are not alive, but they are components of living organisms.
2. There is no bright line distinction between living and non living. We can tell a frog from a rock, yes. But how about prions, and viruses. they are not classified as being alive..do you know anything about them?
They represent a grey area between life and non life.
3. Nobody does or can know what happened, exactly, 3 billion years ago.
But chemistry is pretty well understood, and what happened was chemistry. Nothing about the spontaneous formation of life in any way contradicts the known principles of how chemistry works.
4. The earliest near life forms, life forms would not be cells. You would have self replicating molecules. Interesting, not extraordinary.
5. Out of the fantastic number of trillions of molecules, and with the speed with which chemical reactions take place, any thing that CAN happen will happen.
Your "if you start with the cell" is just completely a mistaken idea. so just drop it.
Regarding things like conscience, you are talking science form 150 years ago. They barely knew that electricity exists.
The ToE, at this point does not have to be able to explain the origin of conscience in order for the theory to be valid. it does explain all known related data; no related data contradicts it.
The earliest "brains" go back to things like worms. Fish have better brains, reptiles, birds, mammals, better ones.
A crocodile is not known to show any sort of conscience. Dog owners will tell you that dogs do. They feel joy, fear, jealousy, and guilt.
There are some interesting questions like how the mind develops and works. I dont know of anyone but people who are searching for a way to dismiss evolution who think it is a gotcha, tho.
There are also interesting questions like how do you account for the detailed sequence of changes in all life forms over time.... if not with evolution.
