Why abiogenesis is possible?
1 Answer
The Question seems to be is abiogenesis possible? The Answer is from everything known no. But if everything happens by natural cause it must have happened.
Explanation:
There is no agreed upon hypothesis of how biogenesis migh ct have occurred. There are a number of hypothesis but all are based on speculation not empirical evidence.
The laws of energy seem to work against the hypothesis of biogenesis. In a closed system everything goes from order to disorder. Abiogenesis requires that an extremely ordered structure ( the first cell) came about by natural causes from the surrounding chaos of the environment. There may be a natural law not yet discovered that works against the laws of entropy, that might make abiogenesis possible.
The laws of information state that information comes from information and that every transfer of information results in a loss of information. How the formation of the DNA code that programs for complex proteins came about by natural causes is a mystery.
The idea of irreducible complexity argues against abiogenesis. Both the DNA and the proteins most likely had to be present at the same time. The synthesis of DNA requires proteins. The proteins require DNA to synthesis the proteins. Also the DNA actually codes for amino acids which join to together to form the proteins. How all three of these required elements could be independently created by accidental changes at the same time and place is difficult to conceive
However if the assumption that everything must happen by natural cause is believed, abiogenesis must have occurred.
