So are you telling me that the 2nd law doesnt apply to the original lifeforms?
No, I agree it applies all the time. Any suggested chemistry for the origin of life or the survival of the original replicators has to be thermodynamically resonable.
That is, of course, understood and taken into consideration by the chemists working in that area.
It can't be that you think they wouldn't have understood that from day one can it?
If by "original life forms" you mean early life on the planet I don't know why you think there is any special issue. Would you like to explain?
ABE
But original life? I would think that they would have just been burnt in sunlight.
Ah, looking back I think I see what the problem is.
Why do you think that direct sunlight is the only way that any form of life can make use of the free energy? It isn't; in fact we know know that there are life forms that do not depend on sunlight for their energy at all.
This message has been edited by NosyNed, 02-14-2005 20:32 AM