Unveiling the Mystery of Life's Origin: Decoding Early Earth's RNA Puzzle
Leading origin-of-life researcher Gerald Joyce's recent paper in PNAS, "RNA-catalyzed evolution of catalytic RNA," has been lauded as a breakthrough in understanding life's origin through natural processes. However, critics argue that the results only demonstrate the necessity of intelligent agency in life's origin. Joyce's experiment required investigator intervention at every step, using conditions and procedures that could never have occurred on the early Earth. The research challenges the plausibility of the RNA World hypothesis and demonstrates that evolving systems of RNAs could not have existed without constant intervention.