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Abiogenesis solved?
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RE: Abiogenesis solved?
To me, issues like this concerning gaps in our knowledge are akin to a jigsaw puzzle with several missing pieces. Given enough of the pieces that we do have, we can make an educated guess as to what the picture might be; but just as important we can determine what the missing pieces ought to look like. So when a new piece comes along that either fits a gap but contradicts what we have as the picture, or else doesn't fit at all, we can be reasonably sure it's nothing to do with the puzzle.

And as Min said, we certainly don't need to pretend we have pieces to fit the gaps, just because we find the gaps uncomfortable.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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Abiogenesis solved? - by max-greece - October 4, 2013 at 2:57 am
RE: Abiogenesis solved? - by Kayenneh - October 4, 2013 at 7:35 am
RE: Abiogenesis solved? - by bladevalant546 - October 4, 2013 at 9:53 am
RE: Abiogenesis solved? - by Bucky Ball - October 10, 2013 at 11:43 am
RE: Abiogenesis solved? - by Minimalist - October 4, 2013 at 12:17 pm
RE: Abiogenesis solved? - by max-greece - October 4, 2013 at 3:20 pm
RE: Abiogenesis solved? - by Tonus - October 4, 2013 at 4:21 pm
RE: Abiogenesis solved? - by Bad Writer - October 4, 2013 at 3:30 pm
RE: Abiogenesis solved? - by Cyberman - October 4, 2013 at 3:34 pm
RE: Abiogenesis solved? - by Doubting Thomas - October 4, 2013 at 3:43 pm
RE: Abiogenesis solved? - by Cyberman - October 4, 2013 at 4:01 pm
RE: Abiogenesis solved? - by Minimalist - October 4, 2013 at 4:03 pm
RE: Abiogenesis solved? - by Doubting Thomas - October 4, 2013 at 4:32 pm
RE: Abiogenesis solved? - by Kayenneh - October 4, 2013 at 5:25 pm
RE: Abiogenesis solved? - by Cyberman - October 4, 2013 at 5:28 pm
RE: Abiogenesis solved? - by max-greece - October 5, 2013 at 10:27 am
RE: Abiogenesis solved? - by daandaan - October 10, 2013 at 8:06 am
RE: Abiogenesis solved? - by max-greece - October 10, 2013 at 8:43 am
RE: Abiogenesis solved? - by daandaan - October 10, 2013 at 11:39 am
RE: Abiogenesis solved? - by Minimalist - October 10, 2013 at 11:49 am
RE: Abiogenesis solved? - by daandaan - October 10, 2013 at 12:35 pm
RE: Abiogenesis solved? - by Doubting Thomas - October 10, 2013 at 12:24 pm
RE: Abiogenesis solved? - by VAN BELLE Jean Marc - January 8, 2015 at 1:45 pm
RE: Abiogenesis solved? - by FatAndFaithless - January 8, 2015 at 1:48 pm

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