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Poita, if you have a jar full of the required amino acids, and let it sit and watch and wait, yes the odds of a functional protein appearing are astronomical (and more). But this getting dangerously close to the irreducible complexity argument of the ID proponents, who like to say that the appearance of life is analogous to a strong wind blowing through a junkyard and randomly assembling a Boeing 747.
Functional proteins are almost certainly a much more recent development in the processes of life, and as Craig says above the main initial requirement for kick-starting life is the appearance of self-organising and self replicating non-living 'cells' or vesicles. These entities have a much more palatable chance of appearing - indeed given the right mixture, are almost inevitable. It is my belief that the 'universe geared towards life' you were talking about is nothing more exotic than molecules simply following the path of least thermodynamic resistance (so to speak).
Adam
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