Mirabile Auditu writes:
{regarding the expectations raised by the Urey/Miller experiment, P.}
I would expect GOOD SCIENCE to ensue.
This would include:
1. A recognition of the fact that the conditions were grossly wrong.
{et cetera}
The conditions were grossly wrong, yet the experiment yielded amino-acids from basic chemicals. If abiogenesis is so very improbable, and we didn't even get the conditions right, then how improbable is it that this first attempt hit upon
another combination of chemicals and circumstances that actually produces a result?
My conclusion would be that the production of amino-acids under abiotic conditions may not be all that improbable after all.
This message has been edited by Parasomnium, 25-Oct-2005 12:36 PM
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