Sabine Hossenfelder on The Origin of Life

There's some interesting stuff here about "Metabolism first" theories: Autocatalytic chemical networks at the origin of metabolism and Small-molecule autocatalytic networks are universal metabolic fossils. See also Lori on Extraterrestrial Life.

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She's only talking about the protein-eating kind, not Life in general. See Hilary Putnam - Philosophy And Our Mental Life and Fred Holye's 1974 lecture at Berkeley: The Emergence of Life and of Intelligence from 6:46:

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The Triangulum Galaxy M33

The North American Nebula

The Horsehead Nebula

The Trifid Nebula

The Orion Nebula

Jupiter

Great Red Spot on Jupiter


Saturn

Vortex at Saturn's Pole

Mars

Earth

Image Credit: NASA's Earth Observatory

See Project Cyclops:

Nature has provided us with a rather narrow quiet band in this best part of the spectrum that seems especially marked for interstellar contact. It lies between the spectral lines of hydrogen (1420 MHz) and the hydroxyl radical (1662 MHz). Standing like the Om and the Um on either side of a gate, these two emissions of the disassociation products of water beckon all water-based life to search for its kind at the age-old meeting place of all species: the water hole.

That is a verbatim quote from the conclusions of the actual report. See the NASA document Project Cyclops: a Design Study of a System for Detecting Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life.

Speaking of complete protein, amino acids, Aristotle, salt, fresh water, Brühe etc., and movies, ... 

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Polar vortex on earth:

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