> I don't know what Von Neumann "showed us", but IMHO it's not hard to imagine life starting from very simple and humble origins given the enormous timeframes i

> I don't know what Von Neumann "showed us", but IMHO it's not hard to imagine life starting from very simple and humble origins given the enormous timeframes involved It’s not hard to imagine a fire-breathing red dragon or a unicorn either. What is hard is coming up with an even remotely testable hypothesis for how non-living molecules became alive.