"What makes it an irony is the unexpected fact that the issue he chose not to tackle (abiogenesis v biogenesis) - is itself raised by his own presupposition, that life begets life. The irony does not change the fact that Darwin did not posit a theory to address abiogenesis v. biogenesis."
(see also msgs #1562 & #1553) Not only an irony, Milady, but a delicious irony in that The Masters of the Universe, after declaring both the ancient philosophers and their musings to be useless, even contemptible, now find themselves contending with the same fundamental issues of the First Cause.{ 8^)