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19Jul 2023 by Post

Stephen Meyer, James Tour: The Origin-of-Life Hustle

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Researchers perform experiments using specially purchased chemical ingredients and assure the credulous science media that this has something relevant to say. Source

13Jul 2023 by Post

Origin of Life: Cambridge Astrochemist Paul Rimmer Analyzes the Tour-Farina Debate

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The differing perspectives of Tour and Rimmer result from the differences in their starting assumptions. Source

21May 2023 by Post

Stay Tuned, but Here Are a Few Notes on Dave Farina versus James Tour

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I was struck by how quickly Farina was dominated and deflated as soon as he had run out of script and had to speak on his own two feet. Source

08Apr 2023 by Post

James Tour on Origin-of-Life Dealbreakers

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Tour doesn’t argue researchers will never be able to design a cell from non-living matter. He does say that if it is achieved, it will be well into the future. Source

28Sep 2022 by Post

Origin of Life: Saved by Time?

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Many materialists believe that the severe unlikelihood of the series of events required for the origin of life is not a serious problem. Source

21Sep 2022 by Post

A Mystery: Prebiotic Synthesis of Simple Organic Monomers

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In 2010, University College London biochemist Nick Lane stated the primordial soup theory “doesn’t hold water” and is “past its expiration date.” Source

15Jun 2022 by Post

Origin of Life from Basalt Lava Glass? Sorry, No

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An honest evaluation of the studies leads to the conclusion that the formation of RNA could not have occurred through any natural processes on the early earth. Source

14Mar 2022 by Post

New Animation on Topoisomerase Demonstrates Irrationality of Denying Design Evidence in Biology

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Replication or transcription of DNA stresses the macromolecule, resulting in supercoiling. Topoisomerase II relieves the stress. Source

22Jan 2022 by Post

Prebiotic Muffins and an Air of Unreality

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There is a cookbook being proposed for “prebiotic soup recipes” — that is, combinations of non-living chemicals plausibly present on the early Earth. Source

06Jan 2022 by Post

A New Flaw in the Miller-Urey Experiment, and a Few Old Ones

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It is an interesting finding, but as Wells explains, it is far from the first problem discovered with the experiment, nor the most serious one. Source