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Originally Posted by CraigS
To the best of my knowledge, no one has ever reproduced life from its fundamental constituents.
This suggests that there are some missing elements in our understanding of how it gets started 
What are those elements ? Where do they exist ? Under what physical conditions do they come together to form life ? Where in the universe might they be found ? How many of these places exist ?
The gaps in our understanding of life are huge .. perhaps commensurate in size and number, as the dimensions of the universe. If this is not so, then why is it not so ?
The laws of Physics govern what happens when a brick on a rubber band is pulled up an inclined plane of carborundum paper. No matter how many times you run the experiment every outcome is different. It is called a complex system. (Credit to: Bert).
Does life happen this way ? If not, why not ? Are the number of attempts related to chance duplicate outcome ? If so, how many attempts are needed? If not, then is it reasonable to agree with an empirical, observationally demonstrable model, that every outcome is different, no matter how many times you run the experiment ?
Why is it so important to be right about such a nonsense issue ?
There's something else afoot here, methinks !
Last time I looked, we live inside the Solar System.
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Actually some one did just that and found organic compounds and amino acids in the flask.
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