[ExI] Life began with a planetary mega-organism?

[Kelly Anderson]

On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 12:26 AM, Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 04:47:39PM -0700, Kelly Anderson wrote:
>
>> How much do we know about the chemical origins of life? Their book is
>
> We know a damn lot, but we don't have a smoking gun (fossilized
> prebiotic chemistry) yet. The current vogue points the blame
> at hydrothermal sulfides (black smokers).

So where do I go to get the best current thinking on the subject.

>> quite out of date (circa 1985) so I'm assuming that a lot of the stuff
>> they are talking about is entirely out of date, in addition to being
>> misleading. I really don't understand why they have to resort to
>
> You can't argue science with believers. It's an exercise in
> futility.

My intent is not really to convince them. I know that's a waste of
time. My intent is to educate myself in the area... make sure I'm on
steady earth. And to learn a bit more about a new mythology.

-Kelly