A critical examination of abiogenesis reveals a significant gap between public perception and the chemical realities of origin-of-life research. While textbook models and popular media often suggest that creating life from non-living matter is close to being solved, basic chemical constraints—such as achieving enantiopure molecules, overcoming the mass transfer problem, and synthesizing RNA under prebiotic conditions—remain completely unviable without external intervention. Because raw chemistry operates indifferently to biological organization, the fundamental challenges of transforming dead matter into living cells continue to defy unguided natural processes.

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