[tortoise]

Even with a catalytic agent of some type, the odds against information poor structures producing the type of information rich structures needed for life are mind-boggling.

Not with the application of external enthalpy. To frame it another way, if this were true it would make simple things like natural diamonds impossible.

[Woahhs]

To frame it another way, if this were true it would make simple things like natural diamonds impossible.

Is the crystaline structure of a diamond not an inherent characteristic of carbon, given certain conditions?

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

Not with the application of external enthalpy. To frame it another way, if this were true it would make simple things like natural diamonds impossible.

Diamonds are not information-rich structures.