... so long as the polymers can reproduce ...Reproduction is only possible with much highly specified biological information being in place. We are discussing the origin of that information, so we can't use processes dependent upon its existence to explain its origin.
--Stultis
Yes.
I conceded that already, and affirmed that DNA cannot be the first replicator, nor the first conduit of genetic information.
We are discussing the origin of that information, so we can't use processes dependent upon its existence to explain its origin.
You were. I wasn't. To repeat myself again, the origin of information is no problem. The origin of faithful and persistent replicators is the problem. Once you have such replicators, you will automatically, unavoidably have information.