> if abiogenesis of a single replicator is extremely improbable If [0] > the first successful replicator will start replicating and eating all it can around i

> if abiogenesis of a single replicator is extremely improbable If [0] > the first successful replicator will start replicating and eating all it can around itself Assuming such life looked much like it does now, yes. It may, it may not. I'm not disagreeing with you, these are valid points but we can't know and I am uneasy about speculating in such a case. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconic_phrase https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconic_phrase After invading southern Greece and receiving the submission of other key city-states, he [Philip II of Macedon] turned his attention to Sparta and asked menacingly whether he should come as friend or foe. The reply was "Neither." Losing patience, he sent the message: "You are advised to submit without further delay, for if I bring my army into your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people, and raze your city" The Spartan ephors again replied with a single word: "If"