“It can auto catalyze it’s own polymerization and self replicate.”
Yes, RNA has catalytic properties, but the idea that it can self-replicate is still only a hypothesis, and hasn’t been observed of demonstrated, as far as I know.
No. Cech showed the self replication.
It is pretty amazing what RNA can do.
The most recent finding about it’s role in the cell has really teed off the hardcore evolutionites who are still stuck in the 20’s and 30’s.