This whole concept of life coming from non-living material is a pipe dream. At least the article was honest enough to concede that the conditions in the Miller-Urey simulation were not an accurate representation of the early earth environment.
I mean really, this paragraph from the article says it all:
“This failure has led scientists to consider two other hypotheses about how RNA came to be. Cleaves and others think RNA-based life may have evolved from organisms that used a different genetic material—ONE NO LONGER FOUND IN NATURE. Chemists have been able to use other compounds to build backbones for nucleotides (Science, 17 November 2000, p. 1306). They’re now investigating whether these humanmade genetic molecules, called PNA and TNA, could have emerged on their own on the early Earth more easily than RNA. According to this hypothesis, RNA evolved later and replaced the earlier molecule.”
I get it. So some mysterious material that no longer exists created the building blocks for early life. Yeah, that has to be it. I mean, it just COULDN’T be God!! That would be unthinkable.
I can’t wait to see the reactions when yet another origin of life simulation fails. I’m sure many here are crossing their fingers, waiting with baited breath, hoping against hope that something BESIDES God made life, the universe and everything! What a joyful day it will be when we finally have proof that we’re just a mass of molecules in motion with no true free will or purpose in life!!!
What always astonished me about the Miller experiment is the idea of simulating lightning (which produces millions and millions and millions of volts of electricity in just one or two seconds) by applying a small amount of continuous voltage over a period of five days.