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benhur

17th February 2009, 20:07

They say amino acids are the building blocks of life. Can someone explain this, like a lay person could understand? What constitutes life, and how was it formed? Why can't we create life in a lab?

Picky Bugger

18th February 2009, 22:14

Have you thought of doing some background reading into the topic? There are plenty of places on the web that can teach you to a much better level than a public forum.

Rosa Lichtenstein

19th February 2009, 01:43

BenH:

http://justfuckinggoogleit.com/

ÑóẊîöŉ

19th February 2009, 02:18

In the spirit of being the leader of this forum and being slightly more helpful, I'll provide a couple of links:

Wikipedia article on "Origin of Life" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_life).

TalkOrigins page with multiple FAQs on the subject (http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/abioprob/). Obviously, these are going to be mainly addressing creationist objections, but there's still things one can learn.

Rosa Lichtenstein

19th February 2009, 04:24

Tough love, Noxy baby, tough love...:cool:

benhur

19th February 2009, 05:42

Thanks, Noxion.

Picky and Rosie, please go back to playing with your dolls.;)

Lynx

19th February 2009, 06:46

Amino acids are the building blocks for specialized protein molecules and all that jazz...
But life - you don't really have to go beyond the function of cells and their components.

Picky Bugger

19th February 2009, 11:41

Thanks, Noxion.

Picky and Rosie, please go back to playing with your dolls.;)

hmmm I was merely stating that it isnt that hard to do your own research into the matter. Things like Wikipedia and Google are powerful tools they should usually be your first port of call.

For instance the link that NoXion posted for Wikipedia, it would take all of 15 seconds to find that page... :cool:

Rosa Lichtenstein

19th February 2009, 14:17

BenHur:

Rosie, please go back to playing with your dolls

Oddly enough, mine looks like you -- except it has a load of pins stuck in it.

Wonder why...

Oneironaut

22nd February 2009, 02:55

I recommend trying to find a copy of this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0486495221/ref=s9_sdps_c1_s2_p14_t1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=0S94766TVY1TKSCDH6D8&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=463383351&pf_rd_i=507846

The book lays it all out quite nicely, much better than I ever could.