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Evolution Myths - Part 2

Myth 6: If the precursors or life were concentrated in a small pond, called the primordial soup, life would naturally evolve.

• Fact: thermodynamics precludes such evolution. Furthermore, even if the molecules could be synthesised, they would not encode the necessary information only when it is finished it will discuss this myth in detail. Most competent scientists have rejected the idea of the primordial soup.

Myth 7: The atmosphere of the early earth was without oxygen.

• Fact: the evidence for this is questionable at best. Some of the earliest known rocks show that oxygen was present. Photosynthesis does not explain the emergence of an oxygen rich atmosphere.

Myth 8: Self-organisation and non-equilibrium thermodynamics can account for the origin of life.

• Fact: Self-organisation and non-equilibrium thermodynamics are not viable theories because the necessary precursors for life are too diluted by both time and space. Also neither can account for the information content necessary for the origin of new genes.

Myth 9: The information in crystals or in clay substrate served as templates for the first genes.

• Fact: Information theory will be used to show that repetitive structures like crystals contain almost no information. Thus, this theory does not explain the information content of genes.

Myth 10: The building blocks of genes (the steps in the DNA ladder) specify complexity through chemical interactions, which influence the order of the DNA sequence.

• Fact: Information theory precludes this theory from serious consideration. Furthermore, these mysterious chemical interactions have never been found or observed.