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Post details: This summer's fashion in origin of life theories is - diamonds!
07/30/08
This summer's fashion in origin of life theories is - diamonds!
by Denyse O'Leary
ARN correspondent
Well, diamonds go with everything. And what would summer be without another brand new theory of the origin of life? So far, I have heard at least fifty (soup, stew, pizza) - now diamonds.
Yes, the latest is that diamonds are a swirl's best friend, as Robert Roy Britt notes in "Diamonds May Have Jump-Started Life on Earth" (Fox News, July 28, 2008):
When primitive molecules landed on the surface of these hydrogenated diamonds in the atmosphere of early Earth, a few billion years ago, the resulting reaction may have been sufficient enough to generate more complex organic molecules that eventually gave rise to life, the researchers say.[ ... ]
The new research does not conclusively determine how life began, but it lends support to one possible way.
Well, here are a few of the others, as per recent stories:
Could life on Earth be much older than supposed? (700 million years older?)
"Sci-fi writer reminds us that life from outer space is not life from Roswell" (= an extraterrestrial origin of life is a respectable hypothesis)
"Origin of life a perfect circularity" (Even the concept can be difficult to define.)
"Why the origin of life is such a difficult problem" (because the many theories are in fundamental conflict with each other)
"Origin of life: Tangled skein continues to tangle"
It's nobody's fault. Origin of life probably isn't a solvable problem. Remember, even if someone creates life in a lab, that does not prove life started that way - only that that way is possible. It is somewhat like the prosecutor (district attorney) showing that the defendant "might have" committed the murder. That won't get the defendant convicted; it only means that the trial continues. If the prosecutor cannot demonstrate that the defendant's guilt is even possible, the trial must end.
Other stories just up at Colliding Universes:
Extraterrestrials: Younger astronomers less likely to believe than older ones?
Universe: Dinesh d'Souza finally debates Richard Dawkins - at Al-Jazeera!
Some scientists hope that the aliens are NOT out there!
Toronto-based Canadian journalist Denyse O'Leary (www.designorchance.com) is the author of the multiple award-winning By Design or by Chance? (Augsburg Fortress 2004), an overview of the intelligent design controversy. She was named CBA Canada's Recommended Author of the Year in 2005 and is co-author, with Montreal neuroscientist Mario Beauregard, of The Spiritual Brain: A neuroscientist's case for the existence of the soul (Harper 2007).
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