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Re:NASA study finds life-sparking energy source and molecule... by throwaway290 on Sunday December 17, 2023 @05:16AM (#38671805)
> To me the simpler question is “if life didn’t originate from inorganic conditions somehow, what other explanation is there? Life came into being with the creation of the universe?”.

OK let's pretend to forget for a moment that we have no definition for "life". Here is what we know:

    - tons of examples of life turning into non-life
    - zero examples of non-life turning into life
    - a crapton of non-life around us
Based purely on that evidence what do you think is more likely: that non-life magically converts to life or, idk, how about it started with life and all that non-life you see is formerly life?
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Re:NASA study finds life-sparking energy source and molecule... by gls2ro on Sunday December 17, 2023 @11:39AM (#38673998)
Hm what if you add a forth known:

- a lot of examples where life exists where we were thinking it should not be possible

I think it raises a bit the idea that life is in a way special and fragile at individual level but not that fragile as a whole.

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