(March 7, 2013 at 11:40 am)genkaus Wrote: Now this is interesting. Your statement regarding the continually changing conditions that give rise to chemical compositions of life seems to imply that you know more the origin of life than subscribing to a simple hypothesis. Your statement about how the term 'natural selection' may be applicable to that also indicates a certain understanding of the case. Tell me more.
With the exception of Panspermia all generally accepted theories of abiogenisis involve the creation of amino acids by one process or another (perhaps more than one). All I'm trying to suggest is while the term 'natural selection' does have a specific meaning in evolutionary biology (that isn't relevant to the point), as an hypothesis it is not out of place in this debate. It would mean examining our definition of 'life', which is not a bad thing at all - perhaps that's the point.
MM
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"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
