Talk:abiogenesis

Etymology Greek a privvative. + life + origin, birth

Etymology
There's a about the origin of the term, and the confusion between two contradictory senses of. --Barytonesis (talk) 17:53, 28 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi,, regarding this edit: are you sure abiogenesis wasn't in the first place derived from , and then secondarily from Greek? I think that's what the original etymology attempted to indicate. — SGconlaw (talk) 05:23, 4 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Possibly I misread the earlier etymology, but it seemed to me when I made the edit that the etymology section suggested two etymologies at the same time: a direct formation from Greek roots (as after my edit) or an English formation with postdating the formation of  and based on that term. Since the two were apparently coined more or less simultaneously, I simplified the etymology to match that of the biogenesis entry. Truthfully, I can't really tell if abiogenesis was coined as a derivative of biogenesis or vice versa (bit of a chicken-and-the-egg problem), and it's true that - whatever the etymology - one may well interpret it as a- + biogenesis, so now I'm not as sure of the edit as I was when I made it. I did a partial revert of my edits that may fit more closely with how you view the etymology. — Mnemosientje (t · c) 16:55, 4 April 2018 (UTC)


 * [forgot to tag] — Mnemosientje (t · c) 16:56, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks! — SGconlaw (talk) 03:09, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Abiogenesis ≠ Spontaneous Generation
Spontaneous Generation was the belief that upon death a vital life force left the body and reincarnated as mold, maggots, and mice. Abiogenesis is regarding the origin on life on Earth some ~4 billion years ago. They are not synonyms nor is one part of the definition of the other.

For further clarification:
 * Abiogenesis is not Spontaneous Generation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvKt5uFUsTM
 * Explaining Spontaneous Generation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP12uHdcS74
 * Explaining Abiogenesis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdozVq81gog

I'm moving Spontaneous Generation down to the "See Also" section where it belongs (as Abiogenesis is on the Spontaneous Generation page), instead of part of the definition of Abiogenesis. -- Yoda of Borg (talk) 11:04, 1 April 2019 (UTC)