Hi, AOkid!
How are you doing?
AlphaOmegakid writes:
If you want to talk about a "primordial soup" of organic chemicals, then how about the "soup" of chemicals still present when an organism dies. All the proteins are present for life. All the amino acids are present for life. All the catalysts are present for life. All the DNA and RNA is present for life. All the cell walls are present for life. What better organic soup could you want other than a dead organism.
Do you believe that, as soon as the organism "dies," all chemical reactions happening in the organism's cells cease completely, all at the same time?
I suspect that this isn't the case. I suspect that death (either the process leading up to the final event or the direct aftermath thereof, or, most likely, both) is characterized by a gradual falling off of chemical activity, rather than a sudden cessation of all functions associated with "life."
On these grounds, I reject your claim of a sharp, distinct boundary.
-Bluejay
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