Oh but I disagree that we do not see "machines with many parts working efficiently for a specific purpose"; we have so many examples of such around us each day we take them for granted as a part of nature.
The difference is that the machines in nature are made out of wood and meat (or similar squishy substances), instead of plastics and metals.
The chemistry necessary for spontaneously replicating molecules to form proteins and nucleotide sequences seems to be favorable to the types of materials we have classified as "organic" given the c... (read more)
Oh but I disagree that we do not see "machines with many parts working efficiently for a specific purpose"; we have so many examples of such around us each day we take them for granted as a part of nature.
The difference is that the machines in nature are made out of wood and meat (or similar squishy substances), instead of plastics and metals.
The chemistry necessary for spontaneously replicating molecules to form proteins and nucleotide sequences seems to be favorable to the types of materials we have classified as "organic" given the c... (read more)