My argument was that the fact an intelligent entity did the experiment does not mean intelligence is part of the process. But you have to walk before your run -- study of abiogenesis is probably one of the most difficult. Until you build a wall tall enough to see over the next hill, you don't know what is waiting there. The numbers game is an old saw tossed out by people who think they see some sort of help for ID-type arguments. The Universe is probably as stochastic as the earth.
This doesn’t change that problem
Nor does it undermine the findings.
>> My argument was that the fact an intelligent entity did the experiment does not mean intelligence is part of the process. <<
Yeah, actually it kinda does. The way the article is written makes it sound as if they’ve demonstarted some great breakthrough in the spontaneous generation of life, while in fact, all they’ve done is shown that little pieces of living matter retain some of the characteristics of life outside their natural context. Ya know goldfish hearts keep beating after the goldfish is dead?