Abiogenisis by the Numbers

Surely amino acids dissolving in water is exactly what makes it possible to make long chains of them. If they were insoluble how exactly would they join to other amino acids? If hydrogen atoms weren't removed from the amino acids, how could a different amino acid take it's place?

[qs ]I dunno, that's why I asked.......I don't understand why disolving would help amino acids form into proteins.[/qs]I think Loudmouth beat me to it (right down to the lego brick analogy, which I was going to use myself). It strikes me as very odd that your sources would say that amino acids dissolving is a bad thing.