When we read "electrostatic discharges", we immediately associate it with danger, threat, or death because electrostatic discharges are a sudden flow of static electricity between inorganic and organic objects that in most cases end up being fatal.
Fig. 2 Electrostatic discharges or electric shocks are highly dangerous and deadly. Image of public domain, Author: Makamuki0, 2014
Before continuing and explaining why electrostatic discharges end up being deadly, I will first talk a little about the electrostatic phenomenon, which is nothing more than a physical reaction that causes an electric current to circulate suddenly and momentarily between two objects of different electric potential.
For example, we can experience an electrostatic discharge in our homes when we touch an electrical outlet or some electrical appliance with a high electrical potential, which upon colliding with our own obviously lower electrical potential produces an imbalance between electrons, and thus an eminent electrical discharge that can trigger death by electrocution.
Hence, electrostatic discharges are common in homes or workplaces, mainly in those places where people are usually or manipulating objects with high electrostatic charges, now, even though we know that this type of electrostatic contact can cause death, it is worth mentioning that paradoxically, electrostatic discharges have been associated as life-generating entities.
Fig. 3 Science has determined that electrostatic discharges may be associated with life-generating entities. Image of public domain, Author: Free-Photos, 2015
In this regard, the scientific community infers that the electrostatic charges that impacted the earth, namely lightning, could have originated the first biomolecules (organic molecules), and consequently may be the basis for the generation of life on the planet.
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[2] Jortner J Conditions for the emergence of life on the early Earth: summary and reflections. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2006. 29; 361: 1474: 1877 – 1891. Article: Online access
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hello @lupafilotaxia , a couple of days ago
a couple of days ago I read an article that mentioned that at the time when the earth was a primitive and lifeless planet the electrical discharges produced by violent lightning might be partly responsible for the parent substance where it is assumed that life on the planet originated, anything is possible.
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Hello dear friend @trabajosdelsiglo
That's right "electrical discharges produced by violent lightning could be partly responsible for the mother substance where it is supposed that life originated on the planet", this is precisely one of the hypotheses with greater force that is held about organic formation. Thanks for leaving your comment, be well. Best regards
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Hello @lupafilotaxia, I would like to know more about the physical, chemical and biological reaction that would have originated in "the beginning of time" due to possible electrical discharges, this is a great possibility and it has generated a lot of curiosity.
See you.
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Hello @tocho2
It is generally assumed, that electrostatic discharges are the main catalysts acting on ozone formation, which makes inferring that lightning could have originated chemical reactions between carbon and nitrogen, trigger the biological formation of amino acids and the subsequent constitution of organic material.
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Hi @lupafilotaxia
The advances in relation to the creation of life on our planet amaze me more and more every day.
It never crossed my mind that lightning could be one of the bases for the generation of life.
Excellent information, thanks for sharing.
Have a great day!
Best regards.
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Science has not yet finished putting together the puzzle of the origin of life, in this case it is considered that electrostatic discharges were and are generating sources of life as they manage to constitute organic material from their reactions.
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