>To whom are you directing that remark? I've done a lot of speculating
>about the chemistry before the first replicator: Chemical cascades from
>high-energy input; Chance spontaneous creation of random catalysts
>within those cascades; Occasional chains of catalyst-begat-catalyst of
>various lengths with one-way fecundity greater than one, the shorter
>ones being more common than the longer ones; Eventually a chain long
>enough to form a catalytic-type loop; Catalytic-type loop converging on
>a catalytic-species loop; Any such with fecundity greater than 1.1
>having at least one chance out of three of passing the threshold to
>exponential growth to become the first successful replicator.
>

But look at the discussion,
'chance spontaneous creation' or random catalysts,
that's just magic or luck.

Beyond that if you really think your scenario has
legs (and I note you never respond to the ribozyme
studies) then give us some studies that back it up.
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