What is so scientific about the idea of hydrogen gas becoming human?

Answer 1

It's scientific because the evidence we have suggests it is true (although it took a few billion years.)

First the gas collects into a large clump through gravity.

As more hydrogen collects, the gravity at the center of the "ball" increases. Eventually, the force of gravity leads to nuclear fusion at the center of the "ball." This causes heavier elements to form and be expelled.

Those heavier elements eventually collected to form a dust-filled nebula. Due to the rotation of the nebula, small "planetesimals" were separated from the main dust cloud and started rotating around it. Eventually, things solidified as more dust collected and these became solar systems.

In our solar system the planet Earth was the correct distance from the Sun and had the right concentration of elements for the formation of water. Eventually, within this water innumerable reactions happened leading to the formation of amino acids, which eventually formed self-replication chains of DNA.

Those chains replicated, sometimes imperfectly, creating new DNA chains that were slightly different from previous ones. If the new DNA coded for enzymes that enhanced survival, those DNA strands would reproduce more. Eventually, through reproduction and mutation, the DNA turned into life.

I don't feel like explaining any more, but the life eventually evolved into humans. Read a textbook.

Answer 2

Well, assuming you are talking about big bang / abiogenesis / evolution, the "Scientific" part is that the processes along the way (already well explained by others answering here) can be *tested*!

We can use experiment to understand the properties of matter that allow the formation of stars, and the production of elements more complex than hydrogen.
We can use experiment and observation to make predictions about the behaviour of nascent solar systems.
We can use experiment to test what happens under conditions similar to that found on pre-biotic earth.
We can use experiments and observations to notice the processes of natural selection and evolution.

The commonly-argued alternative - that a supernatural being conjured everything up in a week and planted dinosaur bones to trick us - *cannot* be tested. Neither can any other theistic arguement for how things came to be. Nor, for that matter, can the existence of Invisible Pink Unicorns:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_pink_unicorn

God, if he exists, does so beyond the realm of the material universe, and therefore beyond the realm of science.
So creationism (young or old earth), or intelligent design, or whatever you want to call it - is *not* science.

And remember, evolution does not preclude the existence of any creator. It only precludes a literal interpretation of the bible.

Answer 3

Windom Earle has it correct. There actually is a long chain of scientifically understood processes by which the lighter elements (hydrogen and helium) get squeezed and cooked in the cores of stars to produce the heavier elements (carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, etc.), which get flung out to produce planets ... and another chain of scientifically understood processes by which these combine to form life forms, including humans.

Now, you are asking this question as a way of expressing disbelief that such complex processes could happen.

But let me ask you this ... what is so scientific about the idea of food and water "becoming human"?

That's exactly what happens when the food and water a pregnant mother eats and drinks get converted into a baby. That process is just as amazing, just as complex, and just as well understood scientifically, as the processes of star fusion, or evolution ... but you would not deny that that process (conversion of nutrients and water into making a human) happens. ... Would you?

Answer 4

Say what? There are no conceivable methods by which hydrogen gas could 'become human'. The origin of humans, let alone the origin of life, is a long and complicated, poorly understood phenomenon, but one thing we can be certain of is that hydrogen gas was not the immediate precurser to either humans or life itself.

Answer 5

I dont think I understand the way you worded your question.. you mean evolution? or that a tank of H2 gas can "become human"? evolutionwise, it took BILLIONS of years for the earth to go from a reducing atmosphere to an oxidative atmoshpere... spawned primitive life during this change, blah blah blah.... point is, hydrogen and oxygen got together during the reduction to oxidation portion of evolution and formed water... the fundamental molecule of life!

Answer 6

Science Fiction ?

No Windom E has it, but its a very long story. Better to write some science Fiction