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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (19124)	1/3/2012 12:11:40 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 69300

Dude, we HAVE oceans churning with amino acids and the moon still produces tides to "stir the soup". Where is the RNA world or the peptide world or whatever?

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (19124)	1/3/2012 1:32:30 PM
From: Alastair McIntosh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 69300

The problem with abiogenesis in the open ocean is thermodynamic. There needs to be a driving force (energy gradient) to enable the formation of complex molecules like proteins. Hydrothermal vents in the deep ocean produce a large thermodynamic gradient giving rise to conditions where the life may have originated.