Well can it?

Something can't form from nothing. But since mass is a form of energy tiny particles can APPEAR to come out of nothing because we can see mass and we can't see energy.

No, no thing can come from nothing.

However as this appears to be a response to the discussion of abiogenesis, your question is wrong. There wasn't nothing to begin with, there was matter and energy.

Its not my question

I couldn't be bothered to care about wording it right. But hey maybe that was a good thing!

It's a continuation of the "Is the earth alive" thread, which has split into two discussions.

There's little reason for this thread to exist, as above it is a continuation of another thread started on someone else's behalf.

Lets keep the discussion within the one thread please.