On 26/02/2024 2:04 am, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 25 Feb 2024 05:33:48 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
wrote:
Compound vital for all life likely played a role in life's origin
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/02/240222214056.htm
Date:
February 22, 2024
Source:
University College London
Summary:
A chemical compound essential to all living things has been synthesized in a lab in conditions that could have occurred on early Earth, suggesting it played a role at the outset of life.
pantetheine
I like the name :-)
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk4432
Prebiotically plausible chemoselective pantetheine synthesis in water
You can't make a TV out of a bag full of parts without a plan.
This is the creationist "watchmaker" argument, and Richard Dawkins
demolished that argument in his book
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blind_Watchmaker
John Larkin provides his own counter-examples - he doesn't appreciate
how electronic design works but he still manages to evolve circuits good
enough to keep some of his customers happy.
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Bill Sloman, Sydney
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