ABSTRACT
Symmetry breaking in this paper is first discussed in the case of reaction-diffusion systems which have been considered as models for self-organization and the Origin of Life. The lack of a clear definition of an order parameter suggests the statistical mechanics of spin glasses and the breaking of replica symmetry might be a better model for the Origin of Life. The lack of a clear definition of a cost function for systems far from equilibrium further suggests that cellular automata and in particular probabilistic cellular automata might be the theoretical model of choice for the Origin of Life. The clay model for the Origin of Life is used to evaluate these various abstract models presented.
