The Complexity of Human Life

Erasmus darwin, who was charles's grandfather, is name checked in the introduction to frankenstein by mary shelley. He said he wanted to plot the journey from primeval sludge through to modern, sophisticated life. So again, the ideas were sort of in the ether, but unformed. But most people are fascinated by it because there is no threat of actually producing life. We're not trying to get a cell crawling out of the top. And you can't do that. Theres too many moving parts, there's too much complexity and sophistication for it to be imaginable. It's almost another frankenstein problem. How do you start with gases and rocks