Asimov wrote about precisely this, and hypothesised, well, exactly this, in his essay “The asymmetry of life” in the collection “The Left Hand of the Electron” - in 1972 - right down to gamma ray chirality due to electron spin asymmetry affecting an initial randomly distributed population.
See pages 65-67 of the below (pdf pages, not book pages).
Asimov refers to a 1968 paper, and a Nature article [1] refers to a 1967 paper by other researchers, so it seems like it may have been a common hypothesis at the time. However, Asimov doesn't refer to cosmic rays like the original article, but the Nature article does.
This is absolutely incredible. I’ve never read Asimov beyond one or two short stories, now I feel compelled to read his grander works. What an insanely keen mind.
> Thiotimoline is a fictitious chemical compound conceived by American biochemist and science fiction author Isaac Asimov. It was first described in a spoof scientific paper titled "The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline" in 1948. The major peculiarity of the chemical is its "endochronicity": it starts dissolving before it makes contact with water.
> Asimov went on to write three additional short stories, each describing different properties or uses of thiotimoline.
See pages 65-67 of the below (pdf pages, not book pages).
http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/asimov-electron.p...