[mtg]

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.

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.

[NicknamedBob]

"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."

I don't think you could prove, by a laboratory experiment, that a bolt of lightning could start a forest fire. But we know that it happens.