nucleic acids, amino acids and other building blocks of
life could have formed and organized themselves into
self-replicating, self-sustaining units, laying the foundation for
cellular biochemistry. Astrochemical analyses hint that quantities
of these compounds might have originated in space and fallen to
earth in comets, a scenario that may solve the problem of how those
constituents arose under the conditions that prevailed when our
planet was young.
This by the way still does not answer my question. And anyway
these compounds are life in nature.Therefore where does this life
originate from?
The Second Law of Thermodynamics says that systems must become more
disordered over time. Living cells therefore could not have evolved
from inanimate chemicals, and multicellular life could not have
evolved from protozoa.
This argument derives from a misunderstanding of the Second Law. If
it were valid, mineral crystals and snowflakes would also be
impossible, because they, too, are complex structures that form
spontaneously from disordered parts.
The Second Law actually states that the total entropy of a closed
system (one that no energy or matter leaves or enters) cannot
decrease. Entropy is a physical concept often casually described as
disorder, but it differs significantly from the conversational use
of the word.
More important, however, the Second Law permits parts of a system
to decrease in entropy as long as other parts experience an
offsetting increase. Thus, our planet as a whole can grow more
complex because the sun pours heat and light onto it, and the
greater entropy associated with the sun's nuclear fusion more than
rebalances the scales. Simple organisms can fuel their rise toward
complexity by consuming other forms of life and nonliving
materials.
This argument basically talks about open-ordered systems.
But eventually all systems(including open-ordered ones)
will attempt to reach stable state and therefore still
does not answer my question.
