Will Science Discover How Life Originated? (evolution, God, verse, Roman)

[Sunstone]

Will science ever discover how life originated?

Is it possible to do so using scientific methods of investigation, or is there some inherent impossibility to discovering the most likely scenario for the origin of life?

[ChrisP]

No,

It can hypothesise and weigh evidence towards any particular theory until we finally manage to exterminate ourselves... but it can never prove any of those things beyond doubt.

I was going to say reasonable doubt... but then someone would be bound to start an argument about what is reasonable... which is kinda the crux of what is my point. The proofs in scientific cases are subjective to the way they are applied to the theory... that's too many things and far too complicated. The world is a simple place.

[kai]

i thought thet already did with the primordial soup thing

[fantôme profane]

Yes, I think so. There is already a great deal that we do understand about the origin of life, and although there is a great deal we do not understand, I believe this question is within the realms of human knowledge.

On the other hand I don’t believe that human science will ever be able to fully understand the origin of the universe. I may be wrong, but I believe that is ultimately beyond human understanding.

But if all you are talking about is the development of biological life, that I think we can figure out.

[Seyorni]

No matter what science creates there will be those who say it is insufficient.
If we make a simple life form some will say we didn't create the actual life but just a vehicle animated by a still mysterious life-force.
Some will say so what-- it can never evolve into anything complex.
Some will say we just assembled the materials and God created the life.

Like evolution, no matter how much data and understanding science amasses, there will be those who twist, deny or misinterpret it.

[ChrisP]

Originally Posted by Seyorni

Like evolution, no matter how much data and understanding science amasses, there will be those who twist, deny or misinterpret it.

This is true. The same is true of those seeking to discover our origins. They want to prove themselves right... it's a validation thing.

[Scarlett Wampus]

Originally Posted by Seyorni

No matter what science creates there will be those who say it is insufficient.
If we make a simple life form some will say we didn't create the actual life but just a vehicle animated by a still mysterious life-force.
Some will say so what-- it can never evolve into anything complex.
Some will say we just assembled the materials and God created the life.

Like evolution, no matter how much data and understanding science amasses, there will be those who twist, deny or misinterpret it.

Yup, and yet somehow we continue to advance nonetheless.

[sandy whitelinger]

Originally Posted by kai

i thought thet already did with the primordial soup thing

The "primordial soup thing," if your refering to the Miller experiment, proved that two amino acids could be made in a beaker along with copious amounts of tar and carbolic acid.

[sandy whitelinger]

Originally Posted by Sunstone

Will science ever discover how life originated?

Is it possible to do so using scientific methods of investigation, or is there some inherent impossibility to discovering the most likely scenario for the origin of life?

Something that seems to lacking in this whole search for the origins of life is that they are really searching for the origins of the vessel of life and how it could have originated. What life is, not how it is defined, is much more elusive.