31) Scientists struggled for decades to synthesize (make) RNA in the laboratory despite the fact that they knew what all the basic building
blocks (chemical elements and molecules) were. This problem of not being
able to artificially create RNA demonstrates *
A. how baking complex foods in a commercial kitchen without any previous cooking
experience can lead to disastrous results
B. that scientists were not trying hard enough in the early days of abiogenesis
research and should probably have just given up
C. how dependent a particular outcome is on a very specific set of events occurring in
just the right order and under just the right conditions.
D. how any outcome is possible under any set of conditions.