environment. Some of the necessarycomponent chemicals react with one another in counter-productiveways. For example, phosphoric acid which would be necessary to formDNA, would form an insoluble salt with calcium, sink to the bottom of theocean, and be unavailable to make DNA.4 Another big problem ispolymerization. Monomers never become polymers unless energy issupplied, they dont just spontaneously arise. Even in lab experiments,where chemists take very deliberate steps in molecular formation, theyhave not even come close to realistic life macro-molecules. Sequencingis the foremost problem with the origin of life theory. Even if there was aready supply of molecular building blocks, how would you get the specificsequences necessary in proteins and DNA? For a each of thesemacro-molecules to perform a particular function a specific sequence isrequired. The odds of this occurring by accident are estimated to be10e130 to 1.5 We must now go beyond proteins, DNA, and RNA and assemblethem into a working biological system that is capable ofself-maintenance and self-replication. One approach, OparinsCoacervate Theory, is to try and construct coacervates (large blobs ofcolloidal particles) from molecules. Unfortunately this only holds togetherrandom molecules by electrostatic chemical bonds. Another schemeuses microspheres (Foxs Protienoid Microsphere Theory) by thepyrocindensation of amino acids. But these are only random polymers ofamino acids that are inherently unstable. There are no energy-utilizingsystems, no replicating systems, ect.6 A biological system is more than abunch a molecules thrown together. They must be able to so something. They must be able to act a little machines with input and output relatedto some greater purpose in the cell. Finally, all of the molecules and systems must be assembledtogether to form a highly complex living cell. Whether bacteria, animals,plants or people, we all have cells. All cells a...
