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The Sun (and sometimes the earth itself) provides energy to the system, and we're talking about a billion years to go from "churning precursors in a hot soup" to "replicating molecular machines".
I mean, what's your alternative theory? The Abrahamic God?
It is fascinating how early "goop to replicators" happened in our history. It really highlights how common life must be where there's water.