Indeed there's no explanation of how "dumb" matter gets "smart." Especially in light of the observation that the algorithmic complexity of the physico-chemical laws is low, estimated by the mathematician Gregory Chaitin at 103 bits. Compare that with the algorithmic complexity of DNA, estimated at 109 bits. How does one "naturalistically" get from the former to the latter? What would be the cause for matter to suddenly start communicating, and what would it be communicating?
Darwin should have made it clear he wasn't interested in "going there," and simply taken life as axiomatic in his theory.... That way he could have had an origin of species argument without having to get into the origin of life issue. Which he himself never formally did; but his lack of clarity on the question has led to much what seems to me pointless speculation on the part of his disciples over time....
Thank you ever so much, dearest sister in Christ, for your marvelous insights re: the hydrogen bond and the geometry of DNA, and its significance:
The link between water which is non-life and living things which are characterized by their autonomously communicating a message, DNA (Shannon, information) is the hydrogen bond.Fascinating!!!
Is that intended to mean that only people who agree with the theory are engaged in pointless speculation, or that only their speculation is pointless?
After all, every successful communication also requires a sender and receiver that speak the same language (encoding/decoding.)
Moreover, the message of physical life is communicated autonomously. How would it achieve autonomy of communications (the circular model.)
Thank you so very much for your insights and encouragements, dearest sister in Christ!