Quote:Chemicals don't simply replicate into living organisms.
How do you know? This simply depends upon your definition of life.
And why would we not be able to create life easily? Given the right mix of chemicals and the right environment for them to exist in then it may be inevitable that at some point a self replicating process will occur.
However, it may take millions of years for this to happen. Nothing for the Earth but too long for a scientist in his lab. On the other hand, scientists have 'created' all the building blocks for life and perhaps the next step in the process is just around the corner.