Could a large inorganic molecule be made into a complex reproducing molecule by having atoms randomly knocked out of it?
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Could a large inorganic molecule be made into a complex reproducing molecule by having atoms randomly knocked out of it?
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I suppose. But if you want a much more likely pathway, read Stuart Kauffman's At Home in the Universe and then read his Investigations.Originally Posted by Frog march
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It would be "difficult" to do on "a" large inorganic molecule.
But give me a billion viruses (virusi?) with one H atom replaced with one fluorine atom, rendering them "dead," or inorganic. Put them in path of proton accelerator. The high-energy protons will randomly knock atoms off the large inorganic molecules. In one of them, the flourine atom is knocked off, and H atom replaces it, transmogrifying it into a "complex reproducing molecule."
So in a highly contrived experiment it can be done.
What's your point?
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Point-> that this might have been a path to the first living organisms though not in a "highly contrived experiment".
Your right that if that is the limit to the idea then it is not very likely.
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