The hypothesis that life could emerge in an environment like a lens case is a fascinating exploration of the limits of biological possibility and astrobiological wonders. Life, as we know it, requires certain chemical building blocks - amino acids, nucleotides, lipids - that can arise spontaneously under the right conditions. In the sealed environment of a lens case, one can imagine that these building blocks are present, together with water, an essential component for life as we know it on Earth.