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If you can create something living by a combination of non living parts, I think that would be an interesting first. All of the life we know of, presumably has
by jchrisa 6y ago
If you can create something living by a combination of non living parts, I think that would be an interesting first. All of the life we know of, presumably has living ancestors. Hence the notion of a "spark" of life that is passed on like the flame of a torch. If we can create life from raw parts and supply the spark ourselves, it increases the relevance of science. Suddenly the idea of sending seeds of ecosystems in the form of printers and data would become viable.
- throwaway889900 6y agoWe didn't create life from nothing, but we can certainly get close. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller%E2%80%93Urey_experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller%E2%80%93Urey_experiment
- noxer 6y agoClose? Yeah no, I dont think so. The experiment was basically a complete failure. It just happens to be interesting to analyses what actually happened and why. Its also based on assumed condition on earth that are now consider extremely unlikely.