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Old 12-March-2008, 01:49 PM
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Never said it was or wasn't. I said life incorporates common materials. That doesn't mean common materials equal life.
Doesn't answer my question.

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Er, no, it doesn't. It defines common organic molecules, some of which are used in living organisms. And many of which are not.
Well, as I understand it, until recently such handedness was considered a result of biological processes. It seems that finding such characteristics in space borne molecules is what prompted speculation about natural processes being the cause. Instead of suggesting this handedness might possibly reflect biological processes in space, or off planet, we're given some unknown natural process with a widespread and long cosmic lineage explanation.
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