/sci/ - Science & Math

>>12680639
Idk, the leap in complexity between the amino acids produced by Miller-Urrey and even the most simple life is absolutely staggering. What a fucking weird thing to happen. Thank you for everything LUCA bro

>>11889579
>It is not an assumption that Earth is not exceptional just like there is no reason to assume an experiment will only work once.
Even the simplest self-replicating RNA needs somewhere between 60 to 100 nucleotides. Weigh that against estimates that in our volume of space, nothing above 20 in length should have had time to form by random emergence, and it looks like we are pretty alone in this observable universe (and the many next ones)

You guys ever turn in blank exams or ask for a failing grade at oral exams so you have more time to study? Is there any way this is going to come back and bite me later