[wendy1946]

These guys and/or anybody else with similar thoughts at least have testable ideas; they need to take whatever they think was involved in the way of chemistry and create some sterile test environment with hot vents and those chemicals in a lab and see if they can come up with simple life forms.

Moreover they should provide the public with a way to put down bets as to which way it turns out...

[Sopater]

Moreover they should provide the public with a way to put down bets as to which way it turns out...

An excellent source of funding. Simply bet against yourself. ;-)