In attempting to discover potential ways for the beginning of life on our planet, I think that we have been too concerned with finding a working process for the creation of rudimentary cells, which undergo chemical processes, followed eventually by replication. I think that there may be more productivity in finding potential paths towards life through research into the "evolution" of chemical processes, rather than structure (cells). By this I mean simple chemical processes with positive feedback loops. In time the most efficiently self supporting / replicating processes will dominate an environment. This is like different codes competing against each other- the ones that are most efficiently self-supporting and populating / replicating will dominate.
I envision a theory where relatively simple chemical processes undergo a Darwinian competition, with cells cropping up in time as a further assistance with this competition. (Rather than a "cells first" paradigm).
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