(January 2, 2019 at 6:15 pm)T0 Th3 M4X Wrote:(January 2, 2019 at 5:16 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: It appears you didn't - my apologies.
Please explain how the conservation of mass is a problem for abiogenesis.
Boru
Directly it doesn't, but I don't know that I implied that. If it was, then it would've been a typing error. I would have to look at the post again. I thought I was applying it in regard to the "big bang" though. Abiogenesis would be more in conflict with biogenesis.
Funny, the conservation laws are upheld in General Relativity, on which the Big Bang scenario is based. On the other hand, the *total* amount of energy in the universe (matter, gravitational, etc) appears to be *zero*, which means 'something from nothing' isn't a violation.
And this is the difficulty with you asking for a pop rock. that *would* be a violation of the conservation laws except under the very specific conditions that allow the cancellation required for zero energy.