[Blinks-]

When I was in middle school I read a new book about cell structure I found in the library, my favorite chapter was always about the so called primordial soup of lipids and simple organic compounds that could have setup the chemical basis for polymers to form and in turn create the building blocks for RNA. It was one of the main things that gave me an interest in science and engineering, up until that point people had always given me a "god did it" or "we still have no theories on that son". This brings me back to the good ol' days of trying to explain how RNA could come about, as a 12 year old, to middle aged religious teachers who shot me down every time. As a kid this made me turn to outside sources for knowledge, and in retrospect that was actually a good thing.

[jacquesm]

12 to 15 is roughly the time when as a child you realize adults are just big kids and are wrong as often as they're right. It's hard to get back to some level of respect after that, it's a bit like finding out Santa does not exist.

[Arizhel]

I'm over 40 now. I realized what you're saying to an extent, but for a long time I assumed that older adults would have the benefit of wisdom, life experience, maturity, etc.

As I've aged, I've been consistently disappointed. I now believe differences in how people behave, according to age, are really a product of generational differences, and that people really don't change very much after they pass 30.

[civilian]

You might enjoy "The Vital Question", it dives deeper into abiogenesis and gives a really good theory. (Hint: why rely on meteors when alkaline deep-sea vents solve the energetic needs of a proto-life?) Here is Bill Gates' review of it: https://www.gatesnotes.com/Books/The-Vital-Question