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>> Compound vital for all life likely played a role in life's origin
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>> February 22, 2024
>> Source:
>> University College London
>> Summary:
>> A chemical compound essential to all living things has been synthesized in a lab in conditions that could have occurred on early Earth, suggesting it played a role at the outset of life.
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>> pantetheine
>> I like the name :-)
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>>formatting link> Prebiotically plausible chemoselective pantetheine synthesis in water
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> You can't make a TV out of a bag full of parts without a plan.
This is the creationist "watchmaker" argument, and Richard Dawkins demolished that argument in his book
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John Larkin provides his own counter-examples - he doesn't appreciate how electronic design works but he still manages to evolve circuits good enough to keep some of his customers happy.