[Nebullis]

Now why did I know you were going there when I typed 'self-evident'. It's a lovely association.

[AndrewC]

Now why did I know you were going there when I typed 'self-evident'.

Great! and the discussion is not that life did or didn't begin but what "evidence" there is for the view that it began from a soup or stew(take your pleasure). Space aliens could have transplanted the whole ecosystem in. We can go into space

We can make cages to hold animals

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Ergo space aliens transported life in umpteen million years ago.