The chemical reactions that cause life to proceed starting with the original formation of polymers of the 20 amino acids used in life will not ever, never and absolutely will not proceed on their own spontaneously.
Untrue. Carbonyl sulfide, a common gas in volcanos, has been found to facilitate polymerization of amino acids into at least pentamers in water solution. That's not even considering drying-out puddles, a slightly more brute-force way to polymerize them.
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