Author: Mike PainterMike Painter
Date: Mar 31, 2007 20:25
Denis Loubet wrote:
> "Aurelius Venport" wrote in message
> news:pfwPh.575$i93.187@trnddc05...
>> Most science courses focus on the adaptation and survival of
>> life-forms instead of on the more central question of the very
>> origin of life.
>
> Yes. Science classes focus on the things we know.
>
>> You may have noted that attempts to explain where life came from are
>> usually presented in generalizations such as: 'Over millions of
>> years, molecules in collision somehow produced life.' Yet, is that
>> really satisfying?
>
> Satisfaction is not a criteria for knowledge.
>
>> It would mean that in the presence of energy from the sun,
>> lightning, or volcanoes, some lifeless matter moved, became
>> organized, and eventually started living-all of this without
>> directed assistance. What a huge leap that would have been! From ...
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