Read the article, enjoyed the article, AND that is a complex, fragile critter.
Compare that little guy with a random set of chemicals in solutions and tell me it's not a long, long ways to get there.
Because it's not the most complex does not mean it's not complex. And the fact that it lives in extreme conditions means it couldn't live in the vast majority of the Earth.
If you think of a Aeronca 7AC compared to a 747, you're going to find one simple and one complex. And yet the 7AC is one huge deposit of technology, including aerodynamics and metallurgy.
"My title addresed one issue and the boy the other." Sorry, sir.
Regards. Heartier regards than yours, more heartfelt regards, longer lasting regards. Than yours.
Arf