This isn't a satisfying resolution at all, it's akin to someone saying "I disagree with the value you used for X, it should be __ instead" - which is basically

This isn't a satisfying resolution at all, it's akin to someone saying "I disagree with the value you used for X, it should be __ instead" - which is basically what I said: it reveals their personal opinion/ what they want to believe. The article says they "incorporat[e] models of chemical and genetic transitions on paths to the origin of life" -- I'm not an expert but that sounds like the territory of some very unsettled science.