The hypothesis is that coding molecules predate cell membranes. So we have “every current cell membrane requires the nucleus” and “the coding portion came firs

The hypothesis is that coding molecules predate cell membranes. So we have “every current cell membrane requires the nucleus” and “the coding portion came first”; nobody is disputing that membranes build on membranes, just pointing out they integrally depend on the nucleus to operate (coding for proteins) — and always have. > again more or less independently of the nucleus Ie, this is wrong.