I think the major takeaway from the theory of geobiology is at root simply that attempts to replicate biogenesis as a self-sustaining practice may well be null in light of the fact that natural selection relies on the preening of chemical branches that do not organically survive the geologic-timescale trial and error of astrophysical phenomena.
There is no controlled substitute for an organic, self organizing process that can sustain itself for cosmic timespans by adapting to the environmental barriers and variables that select for longterm resiliency and sustainance on a planetary—and by extension a galactic—timescale.
Fragility is an inherent part of biological organization, as is the miracle of self-preservation and ultimately of self-awareness. We should not take lightly the attempts to debiologize and objectify these processes if they lead to false suppositions about the nature and meaning of planetary biology, as the philosophical result could be at once existentially grandiose, depraved, nihilistic, and faulty in logic.
There is no microcosmic mechanical variable which can match or surpass in scale, depth, and magnitude the evolution of organic life in all its irreplacable forms around the planet.
Each tree branch and outstretched hand is a little infinitude of hope stretching the crystalline matrix into the future. We should treat every expression of this ancient pattern of growth and resiliency wisely—with respect and deferrance to its irreplacacle luck.
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It may be that with an astrophysical model of abiogenesis of life, we could endeavor to undertake some missionary role of cosmic stewardship by trying to jumpstart the process on very select other planets, to get a ball rolling that would likely hit a very cliff of futility—not to be pessimistic. But it’s unlikely that we could ever make it there, much less survive there into perpetuity, ourselves.
