Life might be more common in the universe than we thought

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    What do we know about the origins of life? From the formation of the solar system to microbes evolving into bipedal mammals with opposable thumbs, today we will look over the four major theories about how life began.
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    0:00 Intro
    0:52 Life Might Be More Common in The Universe Than We Thought
    3:20 What do we know?
    7:07 Bottom Up
    11:02 Top-Down
    12:30 RNA First
    15:47 Metabolism First
    18:23 Summary
    19:16 Learn Science with Brilliant
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  • @thekinarbo
    @thekinarbo 11 місяців тому +37

    "I'd rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned." - Richard Feynman

  • @michaelhughes1480
    @michaelhughes1480 8 місяців тому +9

    Once you start listening to Sabine you cant stop she is so brilliant.

  • @podemosurss8316
    @podemosurss8316 Рік тому +50

    This video is excellent. It takes three years of studying biology to understand how cells could have come to be, and you summarised the basics in a few minutes.

    • @vhawk1951kl
      @vhawk1951kl 11 місяців тому +1

      It took you- yes you three years of studying biology to understand how cells could have come to be did it? At which university was that?

    • @podemosurss8316
      @podemosurss8316 11 місяців тому +5

      @@vhawk1951kl Actually it takes three years of curriculum, namely: Introduction to biology and evolutionary biology in 1st year, celular biology and genetics in 2nd year, and finally microbiology in 3rd year. Of course, we get far more than the basics depicted here, though she summarised the grasp of it pretty well.

    • @vhawk1951kl
      @vhawk1951kl 11 місяців тому

      @@podemosurss8316 I was not asking about 'it, but about you

    • @teefkay2
      @teefkay2 9 місяців тому +1

      @podemosurss8316. _…” 3 years of studying biology to understand how cells come to be “_ ???
      Try again, podemos. Add up all the PhDs who have worked on this issue since Miller & Urey ( or since Shroedinger’s book “What Is Life”) and you get hundreds of thousands of years & we still don’t know how to do it.

    • @podemosurss8316
      @podemosurss8316 9 місяців тому

      @@teefkay2 Kind of? We know what constituting parts are fundamental for a cell, and those 3 years are for understanding the basics, not for knowing all about the topic.

  • @steveminshew6906
    @steveminshew6906 Рік тому +4

    So thankful that Lemmy could be involved in the program.

  • @dogcarman
    @dogcarman Рік тому +506

    Pasteur had one more element to his experiment: after the long time with no spoiling he broke the neck, which gave dust access. The broth spoiled in the expected amount of time. He thereby proved that something in the air, that couldn’t pass through a swan neck and was therefore not air molecules, carried the seeds of spoiling. Thus the germ theory was further underpinned.

    • @jjeherrera
      @jjeherrera Рік тому +18

      Thanks for this important piece of information.

    • @Diamonddavej
      @Diamonddavej Рік тому +68

      That is not the only reason. The other reason why Pasteur used the swan neck flask was because his critics claimed that boiling in a sealed jars spoiled air, destroying the Vital Force (vitalism) and thus prevented spontaneous generation. However, using an open system boiling, that used a fluid air lock, avoided these criticisms (vitalism persisted in England and Germany well after Friedrich Wohler synthesised Urea, which proved to most scientists that life is not made of special matter).
      In fact, Lazzaro Spallanzani also boiled broths and sealed the broths in jars in 1765, showing that the sterilised broths did not spoil, but his findings were eventually rejected because other scientists failed to rigorously repeat his experiment (they did not boil the broths sufficiently to kill durable bacteria spores, and the small spores were not visible under 18th-19th century microscopes). Also, vitalism resurged in popularity in the 18th century, so his critics also claimed boiling damaged the vital force and prevented spontaneous generation.
      In the end, Pasture's experiments did not end the belief in spontaneous generation, it remained accepted dogma among a stubborn circle of scientists in England and Germany, in particular, well after his seminal experiments; the British holdouts also rejected Darwinian Evolution (indeed, the brilliant Irish scientist John Tyndall repeated his experiments in Britain with great rigour, but even he failed to convince several stubborn influential British scientists).
      Rather, the belief in Spontaneous generation gradually faded towards the end of the 19th - early 20th century because scientists began to understand that life is extremely complex and even the most simple of organisms could not spontaneously form by chance. There was also, particularly in Britain, a growing belief in Evolution, which convicted many scientists that life gradually evolved from a simple to more complex forms, see Darwin's Warm Little Pond letter to J. D Hooker:
      "My dear Hooker,
      ... It is often said that all the conditions for the first production of a living organism are now present, which could ever have been present.
      But if (and oh what a big if) we could conceive in some warm little pond with all sorts of ammonia and phosphoric salts, - light, heat, electricity &c. present, that a protein compound was chemically formed, ready to undergo still more complex changes, at the present day such matter wd be instantly devoured, or absorbed, which would not have been the case before living creatures were formed." - Charles Darwin, 1871
      The final end of Spontaneous Generation is considered to have occurred in 1924 upon the publication, by Alexander Oparin, of his influential hypothesis on the origin of life ... as a natural, gradual and stepwise process, a ladder of creation very similar to what we believe today.
      Oparin, A. I. Proiskhozhdenie zhizni. Moscow: Izd. Moskovskii Rabochii, 1924. (in Russian)
      English translation:
      Oparin, A. I. "The origin of life", translation by Ann Synge. In: Bernal, J. D. (ed.), The origin of life, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1967, p. 199-234
      Refs.:
      Farley, J., 1972. The spontaneous generation controversy (1859-1880): British and German reactions to the problem of abiogenesis. Journal of the History of Biology, 5(2), pp.285-319.
      Farley, J., 1977. The spontaneous generation controversy from Descartes to Oparin. The Johns Hopkins University Press.

    • @martf1061
      @martf1061 Рік тому +13

      ​@@DiamonddavejOMG... Did you copy paste wikipedia..?!??😆

    • @BritishBeachcomber
      @BritishBeachcomber Рік тому +20

      ​​​​@@martf1061 Us science guys often paste from Wiki. Just to make quick comments to clarify things for Joe Public. I post to dozens of videos every day

    • @Diamonddavej
      @Diamonddavej Рік тому +19

      @@martf1061 I read a book. Farley's 1977 book, is one of best books I read. Really interesting to understand how many very good scientists explored and debated very difficult problems.

  • @joparedes96
    @joparedes96 Рік тому +192

    2:26 "When our planet formed it was a big ball of molten rock and that did one hell of a pasteurization" I definitely laughed out loud.

    • @jamesdriscoll_tmp1515
      @jamesdriscoll_tmp1515 Рік тому +14

      The proposed collision with a planetesimal to create the moon would yield similar results. Naming the collider Thea was ok, but Pasteure may be a better name?

    • @greje656
      @greje656 Рік тому +1

      same! Laughed out loud :D

    • @kindlin
      @kindlin Рік тому +9

      @@jamesdriscoll_tmp1515 The moon will henceforth be known as _the Pasteurizer._

    • @rossnolan7283
      @rossnolan7283 Рік тому

      Maybe it was never a molten ball - Dr Thomas Gold thought that the Earth accumulated from a random infall of stony, metallic ,carbonaceous and icy micro meteorites (particles, gas, clumps, chunks etc but all being at the comic background temperature plus only a few degrees AFTER the sun became radiative . The radioactive elements would have warmed the mixed up mass slightly and as it grew in size the gravitational compression resulted in adiabatic (?) heating -atomic motion creating friction I guess it could be called . the infall was initially at walking speed proportional to the mass and gravitational attraction --virtually no heating effect and any that was ,radiated into space from the surface (conduction into the interior would seem to be minimal ) The resulting mass was undifferentiated since it had not been molten so not allowing the heavier elements to fall to the centre or for volatiles and water to evaporate to space -they were effectively trapped . As the ball grew larger the infall velocity increased and so did the kinetic energy that became heat but without any 'greenhouse' effect from an atmosphere that was mostly radiated back to space .(and each impact was only local heating again radiated into space from a gigantic ball )
      At some point the mass had significant compression at the core and the radioactive elements decay adding heat -he proposed that the CORE thus melted first and then settling of the heavier elements could begin (Uranium or higher being at the very centre -maybe this provided the heat to continue melting the interior and creating the magma . His theory was that the surface, and the crust down to many kilometres depth, remained UNmelted and still a random collection of whatever the cosmic debris was composed of . The heat FROM THE CORE was moving upwards rather than the molten blob cooling from the outside as in the given theory. He maintains that the Earth was therefore never "Pasteurized" and this difference has enormous consequences for his (and Fred Hoyle/Wickramsinghe et al ) conception of how life arose on Earth.
      That trio were the modern proponents of Panspermia based on the expectation that 'bacterial' life was ubiquitous in the universe in the interstellar medium gas clouds and anywhere other than on stars or such (not fully agreeing with their ideas or the extension to the origin of pandemics etc but Thomas Gold and Fred Hoyle DID unarguably contribute greatly to cosmology, nuclear synthesis etc etc -even to the physiology of hearing -googling reccomended before dismissing their more iconoclastic ideas....) Gold extended his basic thesis to the origin of hydrocarbons, oil, helium and the existence of the 'hot,deep biosphere' - otherwise inexplicable by conventional theories.
      If the Earth was NOT "Pasteurized" and life IS abundant in the universe then the starting point becomes massively more likely --the origin of the 'seeds' is still not resolved but at least billions of more years and genesis sites are provided. (incidently I SAW the fall of the Murchison meteorite on a Saturday morning in 1969 as a 16 year old while walking the wing of a glider in the morning -through the only gap in the trees surrounding our airfield (at Mildura - several hundred kilometres away ) -no one else did until the news reported it I was not believed... The Murchison meteorite is world famous for containing a string of amino acids not thought to be possible then -there is a book titled "The Genesis Stone" about this )
      Perhaps Dr Hossenfelder could devote an episode to an assessment of the work of Dr Thomas Gold and possibly the deep earth biosphere 'problem' ,abiogenic origin of oil (also a Russian hypothesis) and the interelated subjects like source of the oceans ... I always enjoy reading Dr Hossenfelder's 'tutorials' and her reliably enlightening plus thought provoking ways of elucidating subjects -- I am sure she could add much to the contentious but largely forgotten scientific debate that the other named physicists ignited in this field.
      That would be very appreciated.

  • @frankhaese_DrHaeseGroup
    @frankhaese_DrHaeseGroup Рік тому +23

    Without any doubt the most intriguing topic we can deal with to understand where we come from. What a great idea "... that someone is there to admire its beauty...". Many thanks, Sabine.

    • @bobs182
      @bobs182 Рік тому

      Beauty is an evolved characteristic for survival. We are attracted to beauty as evolution leaves nothing important without an instinct. Being attracted to our surroundings makes us pay attention to them to find food and not be another's meal. We are attracted to the sky to tell what the weather is doing.

    • @iamBlackGambit
      @iamBlackGambit Рік тому +2

      ​@@bobs182evolution didn't happen!

    • @bobs182
      @bobs182 Рік тому

      @@iamBlackGambit Evolution doesn't "do" anything. Evolution is entirely passive as some living organisms survive while others don't survive.

    • @iamBlackGambit
      @iamBlackGambit Рік тому +1

      @@bobs182 ok forget about the origin, dna exist you think order in dna is a product of evolution and chance?

    • @bobs182
      @bobs182 Рік тому

      @@iamBlackGambit DNA is a chemical process that acts the way it does in a specific set of circumstances. All atoms/molecules act in specific ways. Hydrogen and oxygen "know" how to combine forming water which has the emergent characteristic of wetness. Chemistry and physics are not chance, they describe specific ways that matter acts. Why don't you concern yourself about how a creator could have specific capabilities yet you can't accept that material knows how to act. The specific capabilities of your mind are due to the actions of the brain and the actions you attribute to god are an innate aspect of matter. You think your mind and brain are 2 independent entities so you want to separate the world into mind and matter. Everything is a noun and a verb as there is no object of matter without action of matter.

  • @felippeconstanciable
    @felippeconstanciable Рік тому +14

    I recently discovered Sabine in my life and I am fascinated about her. Look at this video! FANTASTIC! Out of so many things I could comment on, I just emphasise the sense of humor by now. 😂. What a inspiring video, what an inspiring person. Well-done to her and the team involved🎉🎉🎉

  • @pitthepig
    @pitthepig Рік тому +289

    The fact that complex metabolism can exist without RNA, DNA or cell membranes is really mind blowing. I think the metabolism first approach is an immense step in completing the picture of how life came to be.

    • @jayr526
      @jayr526 Рік тому +12

      How reassuring, life has no meaning.

    • @pitthepig
      @pitthepig Рік тому +26

      @@jayr526 well, it certainly is liberating.

    • @accomplishingnothing4246
      @accomplishingnothing4246 Рік тому +52

      @@jayr526 life has all the meaning we give it. Life is meaning.

    • @marklewis383
      @marklewis383 Рік тому +34

      ​@@jayr526 would you rather have life have a meaning that you completely disagree with?

    • @sentientflower7891
      @sentientflower7891 Рік тому

      Metabolism cannot exist without a cell. Anyone who tells you otherwise is lying to you.

  • @StevenSkoczen
    @StevenSkoczen Рік тому +119

    "It's basically the many worlds interpretation of organic chemistry" is *such* a perfect metaphor, and an amazing engagement with your audience. Brilliant writing, gets the point across perfectly, and knows who you're talking to. These little moments are why I keep coming back for new perspectives, understandings, and ideas, across a variety of disciplines. Thank you for your work!

    • @uncommonsensewithpastormar2913
      @uncommonsensewithpastormar2913 Рік тому +2

      I don’t understand what you mean by being “the many worlds interpretation of organic chemistry”. In a “metaverse” made up of an infinite or near infinite number of universes, anything, including life will happen. In other words, everything including the unlikely event of life emerging, is explained purely in terms of time and chance. The emerging view of how life originated covered by Sabine in this video is that life is a result of natural and universal processes which occur when ever the right conditions are met, but not in multiple universes, but in this particular universe governed by particular laws of nature. This is why life in our universe may well be much more common than commonly believed. In other words, the emergence of life is not the result of some incredibly unlikely event occurring, but as a result of natural processes that can and does occur on a regular basis throughout this particular universe.

    • @markplimsoll
      @markplimsoll Рік тому +1

      ​@@uncommonsensewithpastormar2913You left a great comment about "the many worlds interpretation" but then I see my reply below that suggests you posted something illogical, or that UA-cam slapped in the wrong name.
      So if you are not religious or illogical, I apologize.
      If you maybe said something resembling dogma, read on...
      Oh no! I just noticed the "pastor" in your username!
      🤣😭🤪🤪
      You probably also don't understand Pew Research's finding that USA's atheists are MORE RELIGIOUS than Western European CHRISTIANS.
      How to end these delusions?
      Get local control out of USA public schools.
      "Quickest way to prejudice, join a religion and everyone else is wrong. Modern Religion, groups exclusively male inventing traditions to control women, mostly, and everyone else. Religious people, science discovered, feel uncomfortable with ambiguity and prefer authoritarians like preachers, pundits, Popes, Trump, Hitler etc. That's how the incredibly religious community of Uvalde Texas got such stellar performance from law officers while a teenager slaughtered nineteen mostly ten year olds inside their school. - Steampunk Mark Plimsoll"

    • @paulreader1777
      @paulreader1777 Рік тому +8

      @@uncommonsensewithpastormar2913 I think the analogy works roughly like this. The existence (or non-existence) of a "metaverse" doesn't adequately explain origin. Similarly the various approaches Sabine described are tantalisingly close but don't adequately resolve the origin of life question.

    • @solconcordia4315
      @solconcordia4315 Рік тому

      ​@@uncommonsensewithpastormar2913
      The emergence of life may very well be common but *multicellular* animal lives' emergence is probably very rare.

    • @useodyseeorbitchute9450
      @useodyseeorbitchute9450 Рік тому

      @@solconcordia4315 Wasn't actually evolution from single cell to multicellular organism clearer process not looking that complicated? There are colonial organisms...

  • @nomaanhaque1704
    @nomaanhaque1704 Рік тому +51

    I think it's hilarious and brilliant that Sabine and Anton released videos of completely opposite viewpoints in modern day science. It's amazing that we can have two such open minded approaches to possible life in the universe. And that it's available in open media as subjective theories. Thank you so much for being there for us.

    • @bigdaddydrip4452
      @bigdaddydrip4452 11 місяців тому +6

      I dont think they have opposite viewpoints necessarily, but simply gone over different data and evidences

    • @The0Yapster
      @The0Yapster 11 місяців тому +18

      If you torture the data enough, it will confess to anything

    • @michaeldebellis4202
      @michaeldebellis4202 11 місяців тому +8

      @@The0Yapster Another way to say that is if you are a bad scientist you can find ways to make the data fit your model, regardless of what the data says. That’s one of the defining traits of pseudoscience. But if you are a good scientist, you create falsifiable hypotheses and honestly try to evaluate if the data supports your model and if it doesn’t you try different hypotheses

    • @wallissimpson5414
      @wallissimpson5414 11 місяців тому +5

      If you’re talking about the same Anton I’m thinking of, he puts out a lot of bad science in general.

    • @bigdaddydrip4452
      @bigdaddydrip4452 11 місяців тому +1

      @@wallissimpson5414Anton Petrov? how so?

  • @TaylorFalk21
    @TaylorFalk21 Рік тому +6

    What’s even crazier then the creating of life is how someone made a fully functioning computer in Minecraft using redstone. Both are miracles

  • @user-kj1yx5sg3g
    @user-kj1yx5sg3g Рік тому +6

    Love the staircase at the end representing a spiral. Nice

    • @hyperduality2838
      @hyperduality2838 Рік тому

      Top down is dual to bottom up synthesizes RNA.
      A is dual to T,
      C is dual to G -- DNA bases.
      Hydrophilic is dual to hydrophobic -- hydrogen bonding.
      The double helix should be called the dual helix as the code of life is dual.
      Yin is dual to yang.
      Thesis (bacteria) is dual to anti-thesis (archaea) creates the converging thesis or synthesis (eukarya) -- The time independent Hegelian dialectic.
      Clockwise (Krebs cycle, plants, trees) is dual to anti-clockwise (the reverse Krebs cycle, higher lifeforms, mammals).
      Bi-stability implies duality.
      Multi cellular life is synthesized from single cell life via the Hegelian dialectic -- the duality of the Krebs cycle.
      Male (thesis) is dual to female (anti-thesis) synthesizes children or offspring.
      The Hegelian dialectic explains why there are two dual sexes in nature.
      "Always two there are" -- Yoda.
      DNA is built from hydrogen bonds or water -- Duality.

  • @seniorcitizen9062
    @seniorcitizen9062 Рік тому +136

    Sabine has condensed and explained these research directions about life's origin in the clearest way that I, as a non-scientist, have seen. She would be great as a TV host of a science series dealing with topics such as those on her channel here. We need her to reach many more people in order to spread science literacy. Her wit and charm are special.

    • @aguywithanopinion8912
      @aguywithanopinion8912 Рік тому +7

      @@nadsenoj8719 It has been over ten years since I had a television plugged into an antenna and watched broadcast TV. It is long dead already for me.

    • @daarom3472
      @daarom3472 Рік тому +1

      it's simply dying out as the old generation dies.

    • @hyperduality2838
      @hyperduality2838 Рік тому

      Top down is dual to bottom up synthesizes RNA.
      A is dual to T,
      C is dual to G -- DNA bases.
      Hydrophilic is dual to hydrophobic -- hydrogen bonding.
      The double helix should be called the dual helix as the code of life is dual.
      Yin is dual to yang.
      Thesis (bacteria) is dual to anti-thesis (archaea) creates the converging thesis or synthesis (eukarya) -- The time independent Hegelian dialectic.
      Clockwise (Krebs cycle, plants, trees) is dual to anti-clockwise (the reverse Krebs cycle, higher lifeforms, mammals).
      Bi-stability implies duality.
      Multi cellular life is synthesized from single cell life via the Hegelian dialectic -- the duality of the Krebs cycle.
      Male (thesis) is dual to female (anti-thesis) synthesizes children or offspring.
      The Hegelian dialectic explains why there are two dual sexes in nature.
      "Always two there are" -- Yoda.
      DNA is built from hydrogen bonds or water -- Duality.

    • @ConnoisseurOfExistence
      @ConnoisseurOfExistence Рік тому

      Why would you watch TV, when you have UA-cam?

    • @Primo_extracts
      @Primo_extracts Рік тому

      💯

  • @OriginalContent89
    @OriginalContent89 Рік тому +2

    Sadly, no matter what we end up figuring out there will always be people who refuse to believe it

  • @JohnCena8351
    @JohnCena8351 Рік тому +64

    Probably one of the most interesting and important questions ever.
    Almost as mindblowing as the existence of life itself is the fact that it probably didnt even take a billion years for life to form on earth. That's basically nothing.
    And just a few billion years later, life became complex enough to question where it came from in the first place.
    Reminds me of that one Carl Sagan quote "we are an example of what hydrogen atoms can do, given 15 billion years of cosmic evolution"

    • @deborahdean8867
      @deborahdean8867 Рік тому

      Right, hydrogen atoms. ANYTHING but intelligent design. And if there is intelligent design, its only ok of its aliens doing it. But never God. If its God, it means there are requirements apparently. If aliens wsntvus as slaves, we can live with that. But a God giving us 10 commandments means total rebellion.

    • @aleksandrpeshkov6172
      @aleksandrpeshkov6172 Рік тому +1

      Enters Optional Chronology : " Dear Cena , John, just wait and see those 15bln.+ hydrogen atoms start undoing themselves...oooooppsssiieee...."

    • @JohnCena8351
      @JohnCena8351 Рік тому +4

      @@aleksandrpeshkov6172 Nothing of what you just wrote makes any sense haha. Good job.

    • @aleksandrpeshkov6172
      @aleksandrpeshkov6172 Рік тому +1

      @@JohnCena8351 Enters Anti-Turing Test : " Dear John, Test Passed , Congratz..."

    • @JohnCena8351
      @JohnCena8351 Рік тому +5

      @@aleksandrpeshkov6172 passing an "Anti Turning Test" would make me a computer tho.
      And although the Ladies often call me one, I'm certainly not a machine.

  • @nickgilla.
    @nickgilla. Рік тому +59

    Much gratitude for elevating and clarifying this line of research!

    • @SabineHossenfelder
      @SabineHossenfelder  Рік тому +10

      Thanks, much appreciated!

    • @aaronwernz5788
      @aaronwernz5788 3 місяці тому +1

      @@SabineHossenfelderI know I’m late to this conversation, and I’m a simple man, not a professional scientist by any means. I do have a question though. If life is so prevalent then why from what I understand does it seem that all life on this planet has a single origin, so I’m told. I’ve heard the explanation that that life either prevented other life or out competed the others, but that doesn’t seem to make much sense to me. Even today, with a world that is teaming with competitive life it seems all the time I am hearing of new discoveries of ecosystems that have been isolated and evolved independently for many years. like in caves or deep underground or even isolated under many feet of ice, yet they all seem to be related somehow. As I said at the beginning I am a simple man, but I haven’t really heard a reason for this that seemed to make much sense to me. Just curious. Thanks for the video.🤗

    • @0mn1vore
      @0mn1vore 3 місяці тому

      ​@@aaronwernz5788- Well, they developed on a long time-scale too. The first bacteria were born in a world full of simple proteins and free-floating organic compounds to consume, so they did. Once they came onto the scene, there were a lot less raw materials floating around for it to happen again.
      Also, although isolated ecosystems happen at our scale, many species of single-celled organisms are pretty much the same over the entire globe. Why? Because the wind carries them for miles.

  • @muzzac3408
    @muzzac3408 Рік тому +2

    As someone who works on the fringes of this field, I think there is perhaps some misconception of what the "RNA world" means. Firstly, you need to know that RNA can not only store information, but catalyze reactions, including it's own replication. Catalytic RNAs are called ribozymes and they are active today in every living cell. In fact one of the reactions at the core of biochemistry - translation - is performed by a ribozyme called the ribosome. I think the ribosome is the most important molecular complex on earth and everyone should know about it.
    The thing about the ribosome is that it a complex of RNA and proteins - although the central reaction is catalyzed by RNA, the protein co-factors are essential. Many people working in origin of life fields assume that this situation characterizes the RNA world; RNA taking the central role in catalysis and reproduction, with increasingly complex peptides and proteins acting as co-factors. Eventually the proteins became complex enough to take over the bulk of catalysis, which is what we see today. Sort of like humans developing tools, then assembling them into factories and whole industries.
    So I would encourage people to think of proteins and RNA as having co-evolved for a very long time. Perhaps right back to the first ancestors of the ribosome. Rather than a jump from one "world" to another, it has likely been a gradual transition.

  • @jaytalbot1146
    @jaytalbot1146 Рік тому +3

    Life might be common, but I am reminded of the the old joke; "The best evidence for intelligent life in the universe is that it has NOT visited earth"

  • @jayclarke6671
    @jayclarke6671 Рік тому +4

    This lady is really good. I admire her.

  • @eljcd
    @eljcd Рік тому +11

    7:10 after so many years, at last I understand what bottom up means. Thank you, Dr.!

  • @janhavlis
    @janhavlis Рік тому +17

    i am into an abiogenesis a lot and this one is quite a piece of educational video, coming from a scientist from a different field 🤩

    • @hyperduality2838
      @hyperduality2838 Рік тому

      Top down is dual to bottom up synthesizes RNA.
      A is dual to T,
      C is dual to G -- DNA bases.
      Hydrophilic is dual to hydrophobic -- hydrogen bonding.
      The double helix should be called the dual helix as the code of life is dual.
      Yin is dual to yang.
      Thesis (bacteria) is dual to anti-thesis (archaea) creates the converging thesis or synthesis (eukarya) -- The time independent Hegelian dialectic.
      Clockwise (Krebs cycle, plants, trees) is dual to anti-clockwise (the reverse Krebs cycle, higher lifeforms, mammals).
      Bi-stability implies duality.
      Multi cellular life is synthesized from single cell life via the Hegelian dialectic -- the duality of the Krebs cycle.
      Male (thesis) is dual to female (anti-thesis) synthesizes children or offspring.
      The Hegelian dialectic explains why there are two dual sexes in nature.
      "Always two there are" -- Yoda.
      DNA is built from hydrogen bonds or water -- Duality.

  • @Perserra
    @Perserra Рік тому +6

    I first read At Home In The Universe like 15-20 years ago, and thought Kaufman's ideas were pretty revolutionary back then. Very exciting to hear that there has since been a significant amount of experimental evidence supporting his theories.

    • @ttcc5273
      @ttcc5273 11 місяців тому

      Same here, pleasantly surprised to be reminded of those ideas! “We the expected”

  • @volcaniicash6485
    @volcaniicash6485 Рік тому +10

    What a treat.
    One of the smartest people in the world explaining just how life may have came to be.
    How lucky are we?!

    • @Thomas-gk42
      @Thomas-gk42 Рік тому

      Yes, it's a pleasure 😊

    • @hyperduality2838
      @hyperduality2838 Рік тому

      Top down is dual to bottom up synthesizes RNA.
      A is dual to T,
      C is dual to G -- DNA bases.
      Hydrophilic is dual to hydrophobic -- hydrogen bonding.
      The double helix should be called the dual helix as the code of life is dual.
      Yin is dual to yang.
      Thesis (bacteria) is dual to anti-thesis (archaea) creates the converging thesis or synthesis (eukarya) -- The time independent Hegelian dialectic.
      Clockwise (Krebs cycle, plants, trees) is dual to anti-clockwise (the reverse Krebs cycle, higher lifeforms, mammals).
      Bi-stability implies duality.
      Multi cellular life is synthesized from single cell life via the Hegelian dialectic -- the duality of the Krebs cycle.
      Male (thesis) is dual to female (anti-thesis) synthesizes children or offspring.
      The Hegelian dialectic explains why there are two dual sexes in nature.
      "Always two there are" -- Yoda.
      DNA is built from hydrogen bonds or water -- Duality.

  • @shadowx8405
    @shadowx8405 Рік тому +2

    LOL... I enjoy the deadpan humor, almost as much as I enjoy learning about, and better understanding physics.

  • @DiedraGoodwin
    @DiedraGoodwin Рік тому +2

    Sabine, Are you at all familiar with the alkaline vent theory? Now there is a theory more complete than any you just described in this video, so please check this out if you are interested in the Origin of Life. It's exciting and very much predicts lots of life on other planets. I won't try to describe it here but three proponents I've been reading are: Micheal Russell at JPL, Nick Lane at UCL, and Bill Martin at Dusseldorf U. Its testable, so we may not have to wait long.

  • @Zanz0vida
    @Zanz0vida Рік тому +3

    Even if the probability of organic molecules spontaneously producing autocatalytic reactions is high given the environment of the young Earth, is it necessarily fair to extrapolate that and say that life must be unavoidable in the universe ? Because even if the chemistry for life is pretty reliable on an early Earth-like planet, that doesn't mean that there will be a large number of planetary environments that match up with the early Earth

  • @Ender8Official
    @Ender8Official Рік тому +53

    TYSM for the upload Sabine! You are one of my role models, and someone I look up to. Thank's for the content :)

    • @TheWorldTeacher
      @TheWorldTeacher Рік тому +1

      Good Girl! 👌
      Incidentally, Miss, are you VEGAN? 🌱

    • @Thomas-gk42
      @Thomas-gk42 Рік тому +1

      ​@@TheWorldTeacher vegetarian, as she mentioned in 'LOST IN MATH'. But vegan? She talked to much about cheese for that

    • @kevinkerr9310
      @kevinkerr9310 Рік тому

      ​@@TheWorldTeacher a question we are able to formulate and ponder because our ancestors ate meat.

  • @cravenmoore7778
    @cravenmoore7778 Рік тому +5

    Lots to unpack in this video. The first one I will be watching TWICE. Thanks Sabine 👍 🤔

  • @ivanelrino
    @ivanelrino Рік тому +2

    "Then, a few billion years later, you get UA-cam." LOL🤣

  • @michaelherron362
    @michaelherron362 Рік тому +5

    A nice summary! Most microbiologists I know have assumed these conclusions for years. All the actual evidence is absolutely critical though.

    • @onedaya_martian1238
      @onedaya_martian1238 11 місяців тому

      One has to aim at the top of the mountain in order to make the climb and receive the view !!

  • @IronAceSUB
    @IronAceSUB Рік тому +117

    Excellent video! I really get a lot out of watching your content! I'm an undergraduate physics student and I also really appreciate your videos on climate change and social issues as well! Keep on keeping on! Hope you have a wonderful week Sabine!
    -Adam

    • @SpotterVideo
      @SpotterVideo Рік тому

      If you really want to understand the origin of life problem, take a look at some of the UA-cam videos produced by Dr. James Tour who is a Biochemist.

    • @joseraulcapablanca8564
      @joseraulcapablanca8564 Рік тому

      @@SpotterVideo James Tour is a hack who denies all science which does not agree with his interpretation of the bible don’t waste any time listening to that fool.

    • @markplimsoll
      @markplimsoll Рік тому

      @@muzaffarkrylov2365 What? You follow religious nutcases poking holes in real science? That's how you advise others to spend thier time?
      I cannot believe you know or practice science, with your mean-spirited "kill the messenger" reaction to an interesting and provocative subject, published fearlessly in our religiously deluded endangered world (at least the biosphere, or maybe just crop-producing ecosystems...).
      Show us your sense of humor, if just as a sign of intelligent life.

    • @marklewis383
      @marklewis383 Рік тому

      ​@@SpotterVideo that dude has already been exposed to be an idiot by professor Dave.

    • @deepashtray5605
      @deepashtray5605 Рік тому +1

      @@SpotterVideo Tour's religious agenda makes his conclusion suspect.

  • @steph_dreams
    @steph_dreams Рік тому +17

    Your ending remark on a universe “evolving” to have us, if for nothing more to view its beauty, was stunning. Bravo!

    • @gerardmoloney433
      @gerardmoloney433 Рік тому +1

      It was stunning? It was stunningly stupid. Read the Bible before it's too late. Maranatha

    • @marklewis383
      @marklewis383 Рік тому +1

      ​@@gerardmoloney433 dude no one cares about the bible anymore. we see it for what it is, garbage.

    • @heinpereboom5521
      @heinpereboom5521 Рік тому

      @@gerardmoloney433
      It was no more than a repetition of a much-heard atheist story, which she supposedly explains scientifically.

    • @hyperduality2838
      @hyperduality2838 Рік тому

      Top down is dual to bottom up synthesizes RNA.
      A is dual to T,
      C is dual to G -- DNA bases.
      Hydrophilic is dual to hydrophobic -- hydrogen bonding.
      The double helix should be called the dual helix as the code of life is dual.
      Yin is dual to yang.
      Thesis (bacteria) is dual to anti-thesis (archaea) creates the converging thesis or synthesis (eukarya) -- The time independent Hegelian dialectic.
      Clockwise (Krebs cycle, plants, trees) is dual to anti-clockwise (the reverse Krebs cycle, higher lifeforms, mammals).
      Bi-stability implies duality.
      Multi cellular life is synthesized from single cell life via the Hegelian dialectic -- the duality of the Krebs cycle.
      Male (thesis) is dual to female (anti-thesis) synthesizes children or offspring.
      The Hegelian dialectic explains why there are two dual sexes in nature.
      "Always two there are" -- Yoda.
      DNA is built from hydrogen bonds or water -- Duality.

    • @marklewis383
      @marklewis383 Рік тому

      @@hyperduality2838 what about just asexual creatures.

  • @ivanleon6164
    @ivanleon6164 Рік тому +3

    lovely video, thanks Sabine. This is really interesting and really makes one think about the complexity of life, this is a really hard endeavor.

  • @salmonkill7
    @salmonkill7 11 місяців тому +3

    Sabine,
    Your a wonderful PHYSICIST teacher, and I can appreciate that as a PhD level Physicist myself that completed my Purdue Graduate level PhD coursework with a 5.9 / 6.0.
    I was pre-Med for 3 years so I completed my BS in Chemistry and minor in BIOLOGY besides my degrees in Physics.
    The creation of life from just simple chemicals is simply improbable and the mathematics of even ONE MODERATE PROTEIN forming from the 20 amino acids is purely and Scientifically IMPROBABLE!! A modeling of a simple moderate sized polypeptide forming randomly, assuming all 20 amino acids are available in high concentrations, is 1 in 10^164 th! This proves you can't even form 1 moderate sized protein, even with optimal amino acid concentrations!
    You get ONLY 3 to 4 amino acids from the MILLER - UREY EXPERIMENT. Very far from the 20 needed to make protiens. Computers can model the probability of forming just ONE moderate sized protien and it's IMPOSSIBLE EVEN if you assume you have all 20 amino acids present in the Primordial pond in excellent concentrations and this assumption is rediculous for its impossibility. Realistically even the simplest bacteria require THOUSANDS of PROTEINS for life and I haven't even mentioned DNA and RNA that even more improbable than the amino acids!! There are complex cell membrane structures and extremely complex enzymes that ensure the maintainence of HOMEOSTASIS is done adequately.
    Abiogenenesis is a fairy tale and not Scientifically defensible!!
    If you claim PAN-SPERMIA or life seeded on Earth then I'll buy that, but you might as well believe in the GOD of the BIBLE.
    Take a look at SHROUD of TURIN Sabine. The STURP 1978 researchers proved it wasn't made by a painting. The browning of the image was 50 - 200 NANOMETERS deep into the surface microfibers !! This is One-Thousandth of a human hair!! The SHROUD was not made by human hands, it was made in the RESSURECTION of Jesus!!
    Please be HONEST there are VERY FEW AMINO ACIDS and PARTS of DNA made spontaneously, AND these chemicals break apart AS FAST AS THEY ARE MADE!! They are pH and UV sensitive!! The BIOCHEMICAL companies will make you ANY POLYPEPTIDE you would like, but they WARN YOU REFRIGERATE and KEEP in the dark!!

    • @bdnnijs192
      @bdnnijs192 11 місяців тому

      "A modeling of a simple moderate sized polypeptide forming randomly"
      That's why abiogenesis does not propose life emerged randomly.
      "there are VERY FEW AMINO ACIDS and PARTS of DNA made spontaneously"
      That's why abiogenesis does not suggest any of those emerged spontaniously.
      "forming just ONE moderate sized protien[...] in the Primordial pond in excellent concentrations and this assumption is rediculous for its impossibility."
      I'm fairly certain abiogenesis does not suggest life must've formed formed immediately with fully formed moderate sized proteis immediately in the primordial pond.
      "Realistically even the simplest bacteria require THOUSANDS of PROTEINS for life"
      I'm fairly certain Abiogenesis does not suggest fully formed modern bacteria must've emerged from the primordial pond either.
      "AND these chemicals break apart AS FAST AS THEY ARE MADE!"
      Which either means life is impossible, or this teaches us about the conditions under which life is made.
      "You get ONLY 3 to 4 amino acids from the MILLER - UREY EXPERIMENT."
      It's astonishing this experiment yielded any amino acids at all.
      p.s. If you don't mind me asking, Were you a creationist prior to your pre-med?

    • @salmonkill7
      @salmonkill7 11 місяців тому +2

      @@bdnnijs192 No I wasn't...
      In terms of origin of life, I know alot of hard core scientists involved in this research and it's not going anywhere currently. Have you read the scientific papers? In order to produce a proto-Cell they have to borrow most of life's pieces, the Organelles, the large biomolecules, the key enzymes, and the membranes. You really don't have a grasp of this science, because of how your questioning my statements.
      The smartest scientists I know, BOTH AGNOSTIC, ATHEIST, and THEISTS , they all agree that LIFE ABSOLUTE DIDNT HAPPEN by natural causes on Earth because of the complexity involved. You can't get ANYTHING going on Earth without getting some help somewhere!! The ATHEISTS have now come to the point where they say ALIENS seeded Earth....
      If you going to go there, you may as well wave the WHITE FLAG and admit there is a CREATOR GOD behind life.
      Keep an open mind...

    • @andralfoo
      @andralfoo 11 місяців тому

      @@salmonkill7 this is just a logical fallacy from ignorance, god of the gaps

    • @mcmanustony
      @mcmanustony 11 місяців тому

      Proteins don’t form by chance. Your calculations….actually Doug Axe’s “calculations” are nonsense

    • @mcmanustony
      @mcmanustony 11 місяців тому

      @@salmonkill7 what the fuck are you taking about? WHICH researchers? Names?
      WHO SAYS ALIENS SEEDED LIFE?

  • @angeldurazo5468
    @angeldurazo5468 Рік тому +3

    You are absolutely right. Why isn't this on the news?
    Thank you for the content !

  • @walkinmn
    @walkinmn Рік тому +68

    That the autocalytic networks are so widely distributed it is indeed mind-blowing and yes, it could be one of the best clues we get about how common life could be in the universe which is really exciting to think about, also makes me rethink if there could be non- RNA or DNA based life out there, maybe there's another self-sustaining path to create a system that can have Darwinian evolution throughout generations outside of what we know and have... maybe not, but this is so exciting!
    Just a suggestion, could you put the resources you cite on the description? the other day I realized they weren't there, I mean, it's not hard to search for it because the information is in the video itself but I would really appreciate it.

    • @hyperduality2838
      @hyperduality2838 Рік тому +1

      Top down is dual to bottom up synthesizes RNA.
      A is dual to T,
      C is dual to G -- DNA bases.
      Hydrophilic is dual to hydrophobic -- hydrogen bonding.
      The double helix should be called the dual helix as the code of life is dual.
      Yin is dual to yang.
      Thesis (bacteria) is dual to anti-thesis (archaea) creates the converging thesis or synthesis (eukarya) -- The time independent Hegelian dialectic.
      Clockwise (Krebs cycle, plants, trees) is dual to anti-clockwise (the reverse Krebs cycle, higher lifeforms, mammals).
      Bi-stability implies duality.
      Multi cellular life is synthesized from single cell life via the Hegelian dialectic -- the duality of the Krebs cycle.
      Male (thesis) is dual to female (anti-thesis) synthesizes children or offspring.
      The Hegelian dialectic explains why there are two dual sexes in nature.
      "Always two there are" -- Yoda.
      DNA is built from hydrogen bonds or water -- Duality.

    • @FairchildTom
      @FairchildTom Рік тому +2

      We should think of autolytic networks as inevitable due how these chemicals interact. They are widely distributed because these chemicals always self organize in this way

    • @deithlan
      @deithlan Рік тому +1

      She puts her sources behind a paywall on her Patreon :(

    • @walkinmn
      @walkinmn Рік тому +1

      @@deithlan oh... Didn't know that thanks, I guess it's not a big deal since everything is mentioned on the videos but I don't know if there are exceptions that are in the Patreon's page

    • @nzsl368
      @nzsl368 11 місяців тому

      unfortunately, we're not seeing new microbes or whatsoever, every now & then, thru autocalytic processes
      yes, zero evidence

  • @eltodesukane
    @eltodesukane Рік тому +52

    Quite a good 20 minutes survey of what is known about life's origin. Very informative.

    • @PlanetEarth3141
      @PlanetEarth3141 Рік тому +3

      I can sum everything she said in one sentence.
      We haven't a clue.

    • @MrAdamo
      @MrAdamo Рік тому +2

      @@PlanetEarth3141 um, actually, we have a few clues, doomer.

    • @Thomas-gk42
      @Thomas-gk42 Рік тому

      ​@@PlanetEarth3141 wow, you're a genius? Can you give me the recipe for the stuff you smoke?😮

    • @grogu8236
      @grogu8236 Рік тому +1

      @@MrAdamo Don't come for planet earth like that pls, she's got a lot on her plate rn

    • @PlanetEarth3141
      @PlanetEarth3141 Рік тому

      @@Thomas-gk42 No. Neither can anyone make you smarter.

  • @TheGnewb
    @TheGnewb Рік тому +4

    Thanks you for this witty educationing. I can certainly appreciate and absorb knowledges that are presented with such genuine enthusiasm and honesty.

  • @nobodysfool2232
    @nobodysfool2232 Рік тому +2

    “When our planet formed it was a big molten rock- and that was one helluva pasteurization.” 😅

  • @fc-qr1cy
    @fc-qr1cy Рік тому +6

    Sabine thank you for jump starting my brain to have a Wonderful Saturday..

  • @rezasharif1063
    @rezasharif1063 Рік тому +5

    Thanks Sabine for giving us real science without bla bla. xoxoxo

  • @gavinkreijkes4090
    @gavinkreijkes4090 Рік тому +2

    I absolutely adore the delivery of the jokes and lmao... Just would not work as well with anyone else

  • @mrkiplingreallywasanexceed8311

    Sabine is simply glorious - I even listen to the advertising at the end!!

  • @keithjordan7805
    @keithjordan7805 Рік тому +7

    I totally agree with the idea that life is a inevitable consequence of the chemistry of the Universe.

    • @markplimsoll
      @markplimsoll Рік тому

      Me too!❤❤❤❤

    • @binkwillans5138
      @binkwillans5138 Рік тому

      Chemistry and physics...

    • @KalebPeters99
      @KalebPeters99 Рік тому +1

      ​@@binkwillans5138 To out-pedant you:
      Chemistry IS Physics. It's just another term for "the physics that happens between atoms"

    • @man-on-the-brink
      @man-on-the-brink Рік тому

      Yet we can't reproduce it in a lab. No reason to think it is inevitable.

    • @hyperduality2838
      @hyperduality2838 Рік тому

      Top down is dual to bottom up synthesizes RNA.
      A is dual to T,
      C is dual to G -- DNA bases.
      Hydrophilic is dual to hydrophobic -- hydrogen bonding.
      The double helix should be called the dual helix as the code of life is dual.
      Yin is dual to yang.
      Thesis (bacteria) is dual to anti-thesis (archaea) creates the converging thesis or synthesis (eukarya) -- The time independent Hegelian dialectic.
      Clockwise (Krebs cycle, plants, trees) is dual to anti-clockwise (the reverse Krebs cycle, higher lifeforms, mammals).
      Bi-stability implies duality.
      Multi cellular life is synthesized from single cell life via the Hegelian dialectic -- the duality of the Krebs cycle.
      Male (thesis) is dual to female (anti-thesis) synthesizes children or offspring.
      The Hegelian dialectic explains why there are two dual sexes in nature.
      "Always two there are" -- Yoda.
      DNA is built from hydrogen bonds or water -- Duality.

  • @andrewcragg3460
    @andrewcragg3460 Рік тому +15

    Fascinating. One of the issues which fascinates me is why there only seems to be one common root for all life on Earth. Why didn't similar processes occur at other times, leading to unrelated life forms?

    • @audiodead7302
      @audiodead7302 Рік тому +10

      I wonder if it is a zero sum game. Once one approach to life takes hold, it dominates making it difficult for other approaches to take hold.

    • @cedriceric9730
      @cedriceric9730 Рік тому +6

      That is a true and has concerned me too, there should be new forms of life emerging daily!!

    • @tomspencer1364
      @tomspencer1364 Рік тому +3

      Life replicates and consumes resources while doing so. The first forms would dominate then compete with each other -- not leaving behind much for new experiments.

    • @takanara7
      @takanara7 Рік тому +1

      @@audiodead7302 That's probably what happened. Or it could be we just don't notice other stuff, like Archaebacteria weren't discovered for a long time.

    • @audiodead7302
      @audiodead7302 Рік тому +1

      @@tomspencer1364 Classic 'first mover' advantage.

  • @williamjmccartan8879
    @williamjmccartan8879 Рік тому +3

    Thank you for sharing Sabine, always interesting and fun.

  • @TheMelnTeam
    @TheMelnTeam Рік тому +7

    One benefit to the "bottom up" approach compared to many worlds is that if an experiment using such an approach actually produced life, that would be a pretty strong piece of evidence and a reason to explore circumstances consistent with that experiment. The problem is that you have to do tons of "guess and try"...unless one of the others educates that guess enough to narrow it down.

    • @lucofparis4819
      @lucofparis4819 Рік тому +2

      The bottom up approach _is_ what she humorously refers to as the many worlds interpretation of organic chemistry. Other than that I agree with you.

    • @TheMelnTeam
      @TheMelnTeam Рік тому

      @@lucofparis4819 My point was that there *is* a preferred solution in principle when trying the bottom up approach (or possibly a couple), and these could be experimentally verified in a way it's not clear you could do with the many worlds interpretation. It's an issue of finding a needle in the haystack with costly guessing experiments rather than an issue of "we're not sure we can test this even in principle".

    • @lucofparis4819
      @lucofparis4819 Рік тому

      @@TheMelnTeam Wait, are you talking about the actual many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics rather than the joke Sabine made? In which case you may or may not be right. I say this because it's not entirely clear that the most likely chemical pathways that we eventually find - the proverbial needle - do not end up being several possible solutions that equally fit the data.
      In other words, it's not yet clear that there couldn't be multiple branches of possible pathways that could start out under the same initial conditions and environment, effectively mirroring the degree of theoretical underdetermination found in quantum mechanics.

    • @ddichny
      @ddichny Рік тому +1

      Another problem is that it's probably not a single "crucible" giving rise to everything. There are a vast number of environments on Earth (even early Earth), and it's likely that chemical products from many different sources needed to intermingle together in order to get the necessarily complex chemical mix for life to kick-start.
      Any single experiment with a single set of conditions (thus producing a limited number of reactants) is unlikely to ever suddenly have proto-life appear in it, unless it's a LOT simpler than we currently know.

  • @Michael75579
    @Michael75579 Рік тому +91

    “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” - Arthur C Clarke.

    • @aleksandrpeshkov6172
      @aleksandrpeshkov6172 Рік тому +3

      Enters Optional Chronology : " Dear Arthur, now it's up to just ...one impossible option...cuz We are running not out of Time but of options available..."

    • @jimmyzhao2673
      @jimmyzhao2673 Рік тому +4

      Confucius say, if we are alone in the universe, at least we don’t have to share our snacks.

    • @markplimsoll
      @markplimsoll Рік тому +1

      Only two options? What happened to the current fad, the "simulation" we inhabit, like the movie Truman Show? And if we are alone, does that mean we define god as a mental health bandaid so animals feel more than insignificant in an uncaring universe? How else can we explain cows laying in the shade half the day, vomiting food to rechew without committing suicide?

    • @Jreg1992
      @Jreg1992 Рік тому +6

      We are not alone but we are left alone. Way more scary.

    • @Alexander_Kale
      @Alexander_Kale Рік тому +6

      While that quote seems almost obligatory under a video like this, so is this answer: Why would it be necessarily scary to be the only intelligent species?
      At the very least, someone has to be first, in which case, yay, free real estate.

  • @richardhunt809
    @richardhunt809 Рік тому +48

    Abiogenesis is such an important and fascinating topic. Thank you for this terrific video.

    • @MadMaxRoadFury
      @MadMaxRoadFury Рік тому +17

      @Sal Spencer This argument makes no sense. Chemical reactions not generate computer programs, but take place in a completely natural environments.

    • @eruiluvatar236
      @eruiluvatar236 Рік тому +7

      @Sal Spencer The computer is a poor analogy but assuming that it somehow doesn't completely break down in 6 billion years, something may indeed happen. Cosmic rays do cause random bitflips in computers.
      Over such large time scales it is not crazy to think that some self replicating structure may spontaneously arise:
      -The memory will be full of random stuff due to the random bitflips accumulating.
      -The program counter will move randomly over it (usually just advancing forward, ocassionaly jumping when it hits a jump instruction or when a bitflip happens in the program counter itself).
      -So if any sequence of instructions that does make a copy of itself to other position and calls the copy exists anywhere in the memory (that can be written in surprisingly few instructions and can also happen in many different ways, infinite ways if you count superfluous instructions in between, not hard to happen at random), it will eventually run.
      -Once you have a self replicating program, it will continue running but bit flips due to cosmic rays/radiation will continue happening, most of them will not be beneficial and that copy won't run and will likely be eventually overwritten by copies that do run.
      -If some change makes a copy of the program more efficient, it will eventually dominate over the less efficient versions overwriting them in memory.
      -That may not only mean removing the superfluous instructions, but adding ones that target competitors, that make the program more resilient by for example writing it to disk. That adapt the behavior depending on the behavior of other copies. That keep track of the beneficial adaptions and pass them to the next copies.
      That indeed won't result in anything that looks like an operating system we are used to, but would look like quite similar to life.
      There is a whole area in computer science devoted to genetic algorithms in which programs do learn to do stuff in a vaguely similar way. Of course not by filling the computer memory with random stuff, that is too inefficient and we want fast results. But it still validates the idea that random changes+self replication+environmental pressures is enough to rapidly advance towards fairly optimal solutions.

    • @MadMaxRoadFury
      @MadMaxRoadFury Рік тому +7

      @Muzaffar Krylov The chemical reactions in your body are also happening totally mindlessly without any direction. You are following a circular argument that makes no sense.

    • @ZReChannel
      @ZReChannel Рік тому +3

      @Sal Spencer I heard that statement long ago, I'm a computer science student and I know many ways a program could evolve from simple rules and time. It's not a good argument and it makes real computer scientists look bad.
      Why is the layman always looking into science to confirm god's existence, why do they need that? Isn't enough to blindly believe it like the scriptures say?

    • @alt3space
      @alt3space Рік тому +3

      @Muzaffar Krylov You say all these absolutes as if you’ve tested all possibilities. How arrogant of you to assume that a deity exists, and that it is your version out of the seemingly infinite versions. Science draws conclusions about the origin of our world and makes no claims about metaphysics. Whether a god exists or not, I’m sure they would want us to know as much about the universe as we can instead of drawing baseless conclusions, right?

  • @kevinkillsit
    @kevinkillsit Рік тому +3

    INCREDIBLE! Thanks for sharing. This is a topic I have long pondered.

  • @markallan9528
    @markallan9528 Рік тому +3

    This video is awesome. Brilliant the way you youtaped the molecules together.

  • @gefginn3699
    @gefginn3699 Рік тому +6

    Great post Sabine. Fascinating material ! I always enjoy tuning into your newest post and learning something new... stretching my brain... 🤩

  • @gsincs
    @gsincs Рік тому +7

    Wow great video...confirming we have no idea how life originated!

    • @sandorrabe5745
      @sandorrabe5745 Рік тому +1

      Indeed, science has no clue only assumptions. Thank You Lord for creating this beautiful universe with the Earth, this wonderful place for us to dwell in. Thank You Lord for giving us life, the breath in our lungs, the wonderful capabilities of our bodies and brains, all praise to You and to Jezus Christ Your Son and through faith, our Lord and Saviour, and the Holy Spirit which You send down to us to dwell in us and help discern between right and wrong according to Your will for ever amen.

    • @kedrednael
      @kedrednael Рік тому

      It confirms we have quite some ideas of how life could have originated. From cell level on it's a certainty the diversity of life on earth exists because of evolution.

    • @gsincs
      @gsincs Рік тому +1

      @@kedrednael Can you prove that all life came from evolution of one miracle cell that was created? Whales, plants, insects, trees, birds, etc?

    • @sandorrabe5745
      @sandorrabe5745 Рік тому +2

      @@kedrednael actually no; no evidence has been provided for a universal common ancestry between all living organisms on Earth, not even between humans and the supposed common ancester with chimps or other apes. You are making a claim that not even the most knowledgeable scientists in the field of genetics or biology can truefully assert.

    • @kedrednael
      @kedrednael Рік тому

      ​@@gsincs All evidence points towards a common ancestor:
      - Fossil record shows species change over time. There are layers of rock in which currently living organisms are not found. The animals that are found seem to be changing quite gradually. Just look up bird or whale evolution, we have found a lot of interesting fossils of intermediate species which do not exist today anymore.
      - (Useless) genetic mutations are passed along certain lineages and can be tracked.
      - The way in which similar functioning organs work points toward the fact that they evolved in certain lineages and were passed down, with changes, to descendants. For example, life already split into different branches before eyes evolved for Cephalopods (squids etc) & vertebrates (mammals+birds+amphibians etc). Eyes evolved in both (and more than those 2) branches separately. In all those squids the retina is orientated in the sensible way, and they focus their eye by shortening/squishing their entire eye. In the other branch eyes evolved in such a way the wiring (axons) from the retinal neurons goes into the eye first, so these block light a slight little bit and it requires a hole in the retina for the wiring to pass back into the head into the brain, giving us a blind spot in each eye. And we focus by squishing only the lens of the eye.
      From evolutionary point of view this makes total sense. The organ performs its function well enough and are dependent on the ancestors, but the genes and its components/ how it achieves the function are different between branches.
      From a theological point of view it makes no sense. Religious people often point towards the eye as a perfectly designed organ which can't exist in another way and can't evolve step by step. But evidently that is false. We see intermediate steps of eyes in many organisms, and we see different ways in which eyes can exist. If God loves humans so much, and makes us in his image, why do humans have arguably worse eyes than some other animals? Why can our eyes suffer from retinal detachment so easy compared to the squids? From our lineage there are also examples of better eyes. For example, eagles can see sharper, some species can see polarization of light. If God is just making all life at once, why do these animals have organs that do the same thing, but they work in a different way depending on their apparent genetic lineage? If God wanted us to gaze upon its creation so much, why can we not even see all the colors/pigments that flowers have? Flowers and birds have ultraviolet pigments that are invisible to us, but visible to the birds.
      - Evolution just works. All you need is: 1. Some stuff that determines properties and can copy itself. 2. The copies sometimes contain mutations. 3. The properties determine copy chances.
      Evolution is not some crazy concept which is "just a theory". There is a whole field of effective machine learning with 'evolutionary algorithms' which apply those three steps and the results are things that we can not program ourselves.
      And we are also applying evolution in basically all fields of biology: Crops, domesticated animals, anti-biotics, virus investigation.
      But a common ancestor for plants and animals separately is harder to prove. All I can say on that part is, the scientist who spend their life work on analyzing the genetic code of organisms and other evidence conclude the evidence points toward a common ancestor for all multicellular life.
      Second (I hope you're still with me).. It wouldn't be a miracle cell; evolution also works on things smaller than a cell if the three rules I said above apply to them. Like quite short, loose RNA strands for example.

  • @alxartzen
    @alxartzen Рік тому +3

    Thank you Sabine enjoy listening to you teach science witty and interesting

  • @nigelcadiz8635
    @nigelcadiz8635 Рік тому +2

    Thank you so much. Brilliantly presented. So informative. So stimulating. Please do more.

  • @raulsaavedra709
    @raulsaavedra709 Рік тому +29

    I remember reading the little book "The Origin of Life" by Oparin early in highschool, found it completely fascinating, just as this video which is quite the update.

    • @marlonbryanmunoznunez3179
      @marlonbryanmunoznunez3179 Рік тому +5

      I still have the book. It was one of the first comprehensive Theories for Abiogenesis. Oparin's proposed made brilliant educated guesses based in what was known at the time (1924 I think). Brilliant Soviet science.

    • @billbradleymusic
      @billbradleymusic Рік тому

      😂 exactly.

  • @erikziak1249
    @erikziak1249 Рік тому +3

    I entertained the thought that life might be abundant for quite some time, but any complex life is extremely rare and intelligent life is even more extremely rare, even on this planet among one single species that thinks of itself as being the most intelligent.

    • @binkwillans5138
      @binkwillans5138 Рік тому

      A tiny amoeba is complex.

    • @jayr526
      @jayr526 Рік тому

      I really don't think that my dog thinks about how intelligent she is. She's quite good about enjoying the moment, whether she is on a walk or begging for treats.
      Intelligent life is much more common than wisdom.

    • @Thomas-gk42
      @Thomas-gk42 Рік тому

      ​@@jayr526 nice thought. As I see, intelligence is not the decisive point. Dogs are very intelligent in finding strategies and solutions, like many species or AI. But, as you say, living in the momentum. But what makes humans others is the ability to anticipate the future in being self-aware and separate the self reflection from the outer world. To come to that might be a very rarely process

  • @petercumpson6867
    @petercumpson6867 Рік тому +2

    There is something incredibly sexy about the way Sabine says "broth".

  • @chadscott2401
    @chadscott2401 Рік тому +2

    That was Great. Thank you for all your work !

  • @YouTube_4u
    @YouTube_4u Рік тому +6

    Coming from the "Big Think" interview. After watching that video I immediately searched for your name and subscribed to your channel. That's how much I liked your interview and I'm happy to have found another great science channel here on UA-cam. Thank you for your work Dr.

    • @SabineHossenfelder
      @SabineHossenfelder  Рік тому

      Welcome!

    • @hyperduality2838
      @hyperduality2838 Рік тому

      Top down is dual to bottom up synthesizes RNA.
      A is dual to T,
      C is dual to G -- DNA bases.
      Hydrophilic is dual to hydrophobic -- hydrogen bonding.
      The double helix should be called the dual helix as the code of life is dual.
      Yin is dual to yang.
      Thesis (bacteria) is dual to anti-thesis (archaea) creates the converging thesis or synthesis (eukarya) -- The time independent Hegelian dialectic.
      Clockwise (Krebs cycle, plants, trees) is dual to anti-clockwise (the reverse Krebs cycle, higher lifeforms, mammals).
      Bi-stability implies duality.
      Multi cellular life is synthesized from single cell life via the Hegelian dialectic -- the duality of the Krebs cycle.
      Male (thesis) is dual to female (anti-thesis) synthesizes children or offspring.
      The Hegelian dialectic explains why there are two dual sexes in nature.
      "Always two there are" -- Yoda.
      DNA is built from hydrogen bonds or water -- Duality.

  • @AnnNunnally
    @AnnNunnally Рік тому +4

    Every time I hear the lightning theory, I can’t help thinking, “It’s Alive!”

    • @bearcubdaycare
      @bearcubdaycare Рік тому +1

      Ok, thankfully I'm not the only one.

    • @jayr526
      @jayr526 Рік тому

      Or "It's Alie!"

    • @hyperduality2838
      @hyperduality2838 Рік тому

      Top down is dual to bottom up synthesizes RNA.
      A is dual to T,
      C is dual to G -- DNA bases.
      Hydrophilic is dual to hydrophobic -- hydrogen bonding.
      The double helix should be called the dual helix as the code of life is dual.
      Yin is dual to yang.
      Thesis (bacteria) is dual to anti-thesis (archaea) creates the converging thesis or synthesis (eukarya) -- The time independent Hegelian dialectic.
      Clockwise (Krebs cycle, plants, trees) is dual to anti-clockwise (the reverse Krebs cycle, higher lifeforms, mammals).
      Bi-stability implies duality.
      Multi cellular life is synthesized from single cell life via the Hegelian dialectic -- the duality of the Krebs cycle.
      Male (thesis) is dual to female (anti-thesis) synthesizes children or offspring.
      The Hegelian dialectic explains why there are two dual sexes in nature.
      "Always two there are" -- Yoda.
      DNA is built from hydrogen bonds or water -- Duality.

  • @holyworrier
    @holyworrier Рік тому +2

    Sabine, you must be aware of the work of the German scientist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), who studied insect life with her daughters in Surinam and proved that spontaneous generation was bunk. I had the pleasure of handling originals of her beautiful illustrations in watercolor when I worked at a shop that dealt in antique documents. She was a pioneer of entomology.
    In 1679, a year after the birth of her second daughter, Merian published Der Raupen wunderbarer Verwandlung (The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars), the result of almost two decades of observations, and a landmark publication.

    • @Thomas-gk42
      @Thomas-gk42 Рік тому +1

      Wow, I'm pleasing astonished to meet someone here, who knows about that. Curious, where you're from? In Germany her name is known primarily as a public geographic newspaper, that adopted her family name. Their roots are in Basel, Switzerland today. I know about her work because of my biology studies. A great scientist and artist. Yes, I think between her and Sabine, there are a lot of similarities. Just a few people know, how many great women have worked on the growth of clear understanding and education.

  • @FredPlanatia
    @FredPlanatia Рік тому +2

    and my last comment. This was a wonderful clear introduction to a fascinating topic. Its one that I think is universally interesting to anyone who asks how we came to be. Thankyou Sabine!

  • @CrumpleZone
    @CrumpleZone Рік тому +58

    Mr. Hasselhoff takes exception: Rock is eternal 🎉
    Fantastic work!

    • @akapilka
      @akapilka Рік тому +6

      For a moment I thought you referred to her as Mrs. Hasselhoff... That would've been hilarious.

    • @numbersix8919
      @numbersix8919 Рік тому +1

      @@akapilka Ewww

    • @jimmyzhao2673
      @jimmyzhao2673 Рік тому +1

      @@numbersix8919 Germans love David Hasselhoff. It's a known fact.

    • @joachimb5721
      @joachimb5721 Рік тому +3

      … which proves my theory: germans love David Hasselhoff!

  • @joshb2008
    @joshb2008 Рік тому +3

    "Life is the universe trying to understand itself."

  • @haroldnowak2042
    @haroldnowak2042 Рік тому +3

    Great presentation. A sequence of steps of increasing complexity. Now that is hard to replicate often. So life might be less common in the universe than we thought.

  • @executivesinmotion1839
    @executivesinmotion1839 Рік тому +4

    This is one of the most interesting and helpful video on this topic I have ever heard. Thanks.

  • @HarryNicNicholas
    @HarryNicNicholas Рік тому +15

    i am on record as saying that life might be extremely common, and pop up almost anywhere, the problem it has faced though is that the universe is better at killing things off than keeping them alive.

    • @jayr526
      @jayr526 Рік тому +1

      Are you saying that the drug cartels have an extra galactic presence?

    • @ruschein
      @ruschein Рік тому +6

      Unfortunately, that does seem to be the case! Asteroid impacts, solar flares and high energy events like supernova explosions that sterilize large volumes of space are probably very common on time scales that are relevant to the survival of ecosystems of planets or large moons.

    • @computer_in_a_cave2730
      @computer_in_a_cave2730 Рік тому +1

      25 years ago I remember reading about a scientist / organic chemist that had a set of conjectures that was exploring much lower temperature chemical kinetics and formation of various "Building blocks" of "Life". The guy had these various test-tubes in deep freeze and also in the arctic conditions (if memory serves me right) that he would analyze every 25 years or so to see if new products and structures were formed from very slow reactions ? Problem being he doesn't live long enough to follow through on his own experiments.
      I can't remember the guy's name / scientist - kind of a Linus Pauling type with tar like substances in many test tubes ? [ Remember a photo of him clutching a Styrofoam container with test-tubes with tar like substances inside each TT.].
      Its a branch of chemistry / molecular pre-biology (low temperature ultra slow kinetics) that seemingly would not be easy to map out in practical terms.

    • @markplimsoll
      @markplimsoll Рік тому

      Harry Nichols "exists on record" as anthropomorphizing motives into the entire universe, and neglecting to add the notion of time frames. A star's lifetime provides plenty of time for various births and extinctions of All Life on most planets with water and temps that allow the three states of water to coexist, the only mineral on Earth that has all three states of its matter coexisting. Where do you see proof of a lethal universe? I see the opposte; clouds of star formation everywhere.

    • @markplimsoll
      @markplimsoll Рік тому

      ​@@ruscheinObviously not true, or we wouldn't exist. This planet's stability enabled life, and the subacuatic environments, especially deep ocean vents, even more stable.

  • @markbishop9225
    @markbishop9225 Рік тому +2

    So difficult to even make educated guesses about this topic when we havent found life any place else but here

  • @exactspace
    @exactspace Рік тому +2

    Absolutely fascinating Sabine. Thank you

  • @lrvogt1257
    @lrvogt1257 Рік тому +3

    Excellent. Water is essential to life as we know it and "A new study suggests that many more planets in distant solar systems have large amounts of water than previously thought" -Citation: “Density, not radius, separates rocky and water-rich planets orbiting M dwarf stars.” R. Luque and E. Pallé, Science, Sept. 8, 2022.

    • @ruschein
      @ruschein Рік тому

      Also there are apparently many moons that have large liquid water oceans, like several in our own solar system. This shows that previous ideas about habitable zones around stars may have been too pessimistic as there are ways to maintain large bodies of liquid water due to tidal forces or radioactivity that can exist far outside a so-called "habitable zone."

    • @lrvogt1257
      @lrvogt1257 Рік тому

      @@ruschein Yes. I am very much looking forward to explorations in the water of Enceladus and Europa.

  • @diabeticalien3584
    @diabeticalien3584 Рік тому +4

    15:36 made me laugh uncontrollably hahah

  • @alphalunamare
    @alphalunamare Рік тому +5

    I like the ideas presented, they seem more reasonable than pot luck. How a complex system feeds is secondary to the simple fact that it does.

    • @thekinarbo
      @thekinarbo 11 місяців тому

      The "how" question is rather important.

  • @FreiRaumSein
    @FreiRaumSein 5 місяців тому

    „I am not talking about micro aggressions“ 😂😂😂😂😂😂
    Thank you so much. I needed that right now

  • @tunafllsh
    @tunafllsh Рік тому +15

    It's funny Sabine makes a video about how common life might be in the universe, just a few days after Anton made a video about why life is more rare than we thought.

    • @robertthompson9109
      @robertthompson9109 Рік тому +8

      We're both spending too much time watching You Tube!

    • @cosmoshfa88savant66
      @cosmoshfa88savant66 Рік тому +3

      Hello Wonderful Person,,,

    • @antoniopannuti2088
      @antoniopannuti2088 Рік тому +3

      @@robertthompson9109 Guilty as charged

    • @drkcobra
      @drkcobra Рік тому +6

      I believe Anton was referring to complex life. The other thing is even simple life surviving. That's why I'm fairly sure we will find simple life on Europa or Enceladus. It is volatile enough there to cause the chemical reactions and the environment is protected from outside destruction by the large planets. And yes I know they are probably the catalyst for the circumstances allowing life but just wanted to leave a thought not write a paper. 😊

    • @bearcubdaycare
      @bearcubdaycare Рік тому

      Yeah, common self replicating chemical reactions and perhaps simple life, rare sentience, and a big who knows for intermediate stages (photosynthesis, cells with mitochondria, multicellular life). That seems to be the current zeitgeist, anyway. But there seems to be only limited evidence across myriad questions. More evidence as time goes on, but a huge gap to fill. It's hard to even hazard guesses.

  • @arctic_haze
    @arctic_haze Рік тому +3

    Fascinating. Thank you, Sabine!

  • @jeffg4570
    @jeffg4570 Рік тому +12

    Thank you Dr. Sabine for an interesting discussion.
    What really struck me was that, as you say, for over 1000 years Spontaneous Generation was the well accepted process for the origin of life. I wonder if during those thousand years various people came along and said “you know, there really are problems with this theory”, but they were disregarded because they didn’t follow the accepted line of thinking.
    I think it comes down to “if what you believe is false would you want to know the truth?” This question applies to me, too.

    • @tylerdurden3722
      @tylerdurden3722 Рік тому +7

      The core mistake was the belief the Greeks had that they could understand nature through intuition.
      You can't really blame the Greeks, because it's natural for all humans to assume that our intuition, our eyes, our ears, etc are reliable tools. Which is why Greek explanations for natural phenomenona survived for so long.
      It's only when the scientific method was born (that we can't trust our human intuition, senses, eyes, ears, etc), that real progress began to be made.

    • @juanausensi499
      @juanausensi499 Рік тому +2

      @@tylerdurden3722 The shadow of Aristotle loomed large for very long. It was not until real science began to be done in the Renaissance, that it was allowed to disagree with the great wise men of antiquity, Aristotle in particular. 'Ipse dixit' (he said it himself) was a common expression used by medieval scholars to justify their positions.

    • @Appletank8
      @Appletank8 Рік тому +1

      @@juanausensi499 Ah, so the original form of Source: I made it the fuck up

    • @mostinho7
      @mostinho7 Рік тому +1

      It’s the same problem now. Origin of life researchers (non-chemists) try to sell to the public and the media that they have the slightest clue on how life began, but real chemistry experts like Dr James tour debunk their claims pretty easily and makes them look like the fools they are
      ua-cam.com/video/r4sP1E1Jd_Y/v-deo.html

    • @zorot3876
      @zorot3876 8 місяців тому

      Yeah just like macro evolution today.

  • @MrMop27779
    @MrMop27779 Рік тому

    Delightful! ... detailed ... methodical.. insightful .. all done within a melodic narrative .. thankyou !

  • @microbuilder
    @microbuilder Рік тому +38

    I wouldnt be surprised if we find simple life where ever it can start, but considering the series of events that was required for us to come from that simple life tells me life like us is probably quite rare.
    But rare in a universe this big is pretty relative, even if it was only one of us per one million galaxies, that would still be 200,000 forms of advanced life, but spread so thin the likelihood of us finding it or vis versa is probably highly unlikely.

    • @CharlesPayet
      @CharlesPayet Рік тому +21

      @Sal Spencer false.

    • @microbuilder
      @microbuilder Рік тому +22

      @Sal Spencer 'Life cannot occur without an original instruction set' According to who? Lots of things in our universe self assemble into incredible complexity from incredible simplicity, and do so because of nothing but the basic laws of the universe that determine how things interact, I dont see why life would be different.

    • @UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana
      @UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana Рік тому +2

      @Sal Spencer Is God dead in your worldview? 🤦

    • @steffenbendel6031
      @steffenbendel6031 Рік тому +1

      The icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn probably will help to find out if life is unavoidable or rather rare.

    • @markplimsoll
      @markplimsoll Рік тому

      ​@@salspencer91Only if one accepts your absolutist assumptions, which i do not. Go somewhere else to find your intelligent "god."

  • @MaryAnnNytowl
    @MaryAnnNytowl Рік тому +7

    Excellent video, Sabine! You did very well explaining this all. 😊👍🏼 Zircons are really fascinating, I think, and I lean more towards the RNA-World hypothesis, or the Metabolism-First hypothesis, as the best way to tease the answers out of the clues. 😊
    I definitely agree with you moreso than with Anton Petrov on this specific subject on which you disagree. 😊
    Thanks for all you do, Sabine!
    ❤️❤️❣️

  • @noclue4108
    @noclue4108 10 місяців тому

    This is oddly heartwarming for Sabine.

  • @stepic_7
    @stepic_7 Рік тому +2

    thanks, as always very nice contribution

  • @Memfys
    @Memfys Рік тому +3

    Fascinating video, I've been always very interested in this topic, thanks!

  • @FunFindsYT
    @FunFindsYT Рік тому +4

    Thanks for introducing me to these interesting topics Sabine

  • @dean5263
    @dean5263 Рік тому +1

    You're such a special person. I'm glad that you chose to be you.

  • @glennnile7918
    @glennnile7918 Рік тому +1

    "4 billion years ago, the earth's surface was not exactly a hospitable environment and I'm not talking about microaggressions" hahahaha. I love it.

  • @bodotrenaud7441
    @bodotrenaud7441 Рік тому +3

    As a PBS eons avid watcher it was very interesting to see them resumed is such an accessible format

  • @robertkelleyroth409
    @robertkelleyroth409 Рік тому +12

    Excellent summary of this field. I like Jack Szostak's observation that a few decades ago the puzzle seemed almost insurmountable, but today a lot of basic questions have been given plausible answers (RNA hypothesis, for example). Lots of experiments have been done that show other molecules similar to RNA just don't polymerize as favorably as RNA.

    • @sentientflower7891
      @sentientflower7891 Рік тому +1

      Plausible answers aren't authentic answers.

    • @andrewdouglas1963
      @andrewdouglas1963 Рік тому

      The RNA hypothesis isn't plausible.
      RNA needs to be kept at minus 80 degrees to prevent it from spoiling.
      At room temperature, RNA breaks down as fast as milk. Within a hours it is rotten and useless.

    • @KalebPeters99
      @KalebPeters99 Рік тому +2

      ​@@sentientflower7891 Plausible answers aren't **confirmed** answers. But they're the first step in that direction!

    • @jurajbujdak2113
      @jurajbujdak2113 Рік тому +4

      RNA world might be the answer to the hypothesis of how the modern form of life evolved from a more primitive form. However, it fails in the life-origin hypothesis.

    • @sorinal1234
      @sorinal1234 Рік тому

      @@KalebPeters99 Medical science is packed with the skeletons of plausible answers later found to go nowhere. A plausible answer is NOT an answer.

  • @TragoudistrosMPH
    @TragoudistrosMPH Рік тому +5

    15:47 This metabolism is truly a fascinating bit of research! Way more convincing than a number of other research, in terms of possibilities!

    • @carmensavu5122
      @carmensavu5122 Місяць тому

      Yup! I'd like to go out for a beer with a few of those people. Would make for some really interesting conversation. Finally got some people smart enough to shift away from this insane focus on reproduction. Reproduction might be something that came about (later?) for energy-conservation purposes, but I don't think reproduction or evolution are key criteria for classifying something as life. I can easily imagine a lifeform that is the only one of its kind, and immortal. It may even evolve, but doesn't need reproduction for that. Metabolism is a key criterion. Stuff like growth, response to stimuli, maintenance of homeostasis, adaptation to the environment (for one organism) could be seen as aspects of metabolism. Take, for instance, reptiles. They are cold-blooded, so in order to maintain homeostasis they have to bathe in the sun for heat, and if it's too cold, they hibernate. There's response to stimuli, maintenance of homeostasis, and adaptation right there. And it all has to do with intaking, consuming, and conserving energy. We can self-thermoregulate to a certain extent, but if your metabolism is slow (like, if you have hypothyroidism), that capacity is reduced. Growth is likewise trivially about energy. Meaning when you strip all these things down, they can be subsumed under metabolism.

  • @kamanaoponobednorz2584
    @kamanaoponobednorz2584 Рік тому +13

    Fascinating video! This kind of work definitely needs way more recognition and attention from the public. I'm extremely interested to find out, if there is abundant life in the Universe, what kind of progression did they endure? If it's all disconnected and random with some dying off long ago and others flourishing (like for species on our planet), or if it all sprouted at the same time as to discover each other around a certain time period (considering the difference in time depending on location to objects with a lot of mass, i.e black holes). The latter may be a bit too hopeful, but it's still nice to think about, while also hoping they're not half as chaotic as we are...

  • @eonasjohn
    @eonasjohn Рік тому +7

    Thank you for the video, and overall, good Job your series is very interesting.

  • @raulkaap
    @raulkaap Рік тому +5

    Clay cracks around hydrothermal vents may have acted as extended compartments for pre-cellular metabolism. Basically, most of the functionality of a cell could develop before a cell wall came into being.
    Also, these processes had millions of years of time to come together and it only took one self-replicating cell to start life as such.
    Thus, I am very much in the camp that believes life is inevitable.

    • @deborahdean8867
      @deborahdean8867 Рік тому

      What functions as a cell membrane in the planet has absolutely nothing to do with how an actual cell membrane must form. Theres earth functions that act as lungs and kidneys too, but that has zero to do with anything related to how organs are formed. All you see is a universal cycle structure to life.....the laws of physics

    • @deepashtray5605
      @deepashtray5605 Рік тому

      I've come to the conclusion that life is a natural emergent property of the second law of thermal dynamics.

  • @7th808s
    @7th808s 8 місяців тому +1

    Honestly, the fact that some researchers COULD create amino-acids with a closed system of some common gases and electricity is enough for me. It shows me that these things COULD spontaneously come into existence in at least one way. So since we're here, that's also probably how it happened for us. The rest of the research is of course interesting, but we'll never come to a definitive answer regarding our existence specifically, only to an answer of whether life COULD spontaneously come to be.

  • @varreyfrederic
    @varreyfrederic Рік тому +1

    Many Thanks! This is one or your more incredible and interesting video.
    (And I saw most of them 😅)

  • @Tonixxy
    @Tonixxy Рік тому +5

    One week life is rare. Next week it's common.
    They don't know shit for now

  • @jjeherrera
    @jjeherrera Рік тому +12

    Great presentation on a fascinating subject. I've been close to researchers on the origin of life, and what I understand is that they find how the elements of life are created, in a similar way in which transistors and resistors are created. But once you have a bunch of electronic components, you still need to know how they can be assembled to build a radio or a telly, for instance. One of the problems, I think, is they haven't gone deep enough into understanding the out of equilibrium reactions that lead to self-organisation. They can't understand how life originated in the Universe if they can't create life themselves, and THAT is the key to the problem.

    • @hyperduality2838
      @hyperduality2838 Рік тому

      Top down is dual to bottom up synthesizes RNA.
      A is dual to T,
      C is dual to G -- DNA bases.
      Hydrophilic is dual to hydrophobic -- hydrogen bonding.
      The double helix should be called the dual helix as the code of life is dual.
      Yin is dual to yang.
      Thesis (bacteria) is dual to anti-thesis (archaea) creates the converging thesis or synthesis (eukarya) -- The time independent Hegelian dialectic.
      Clockwise (Krebs cycle, plants, trees) is dual to anti-clockwise (the reverse Krebs cycle, higher lifeforms, mammals).
      Bi-stability implies duality.
      Multi cellular life is synthesized from single cell life via the Hegelian dialectic -- the duality of the Krebs cycle.
      Male (thesis) is dual to female (anti-thesis) synthesizes children or offspring.
      The Hegelian dialectic explains why there are two dual sexes in nature.
      "Always two there are" -- Yoda.
      DNA is built from hydrogen bonds or water -- Duality.

  • @robhaney8568
    @robhaney8568 Рік тому +1

    She had me at "figure out why the main use for those thumbs is hitting the poop emoji on a smartphone". I'm such a huge fan, high intellect with a sense of humor.

  • @maskofsorrow
    @maskofsorrow Рік тому +1

    Btw. I love your videos and your style of presentation Sabine. Keep up the great work.

  • @sparky5584
    @sparky5584 Рік тому +3

    Wonderful summary of the field of origins of life.