Stephen Meyer and Ben Shapiro on the Origin of Life

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Dr. Meyer explains how the OOL field reached an impasse by the 1980s as chemists learned just how thorny the origin of life problem really was. Source
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“Beyond Evolution”: Where James Tour and Stephen Meyer Disagree

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When you plant an inert, seemingly dead thing — a seed — in the ground, and it grows to be a flower, what has just happened? Life has happened. But why? Source
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Popular YouTube Science Educator Professes “Emotional” Response to “Amazing” Flagellum

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In the video, engineer Destin Sandlin explains how he became captivated after watching an online animation of the bacterial flagellum. Source
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Another Call for a “New Synthesis”

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I recently wrote a post critical of biologist Peter Corning’s “synergism hypothesis.” Afterwards Dr. Corning got in touch. Source
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Top Ten Cheats in “Monumental” Origin of Life Research

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Brand new research from the Salk Institute has just been published relating to the origin of self-replicating RNA — a lynchpin in the RNA-world hypothesis. Source
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Mind, Matter, and Intelligent Design

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Let’s extend our speculations about the nature of spirit and its interactive ability with this material universe to considerations on the origin of life. Source
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Aliens in the Garbage

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Some people — whether they would put it in so many words or not — believe that certain types of answers are simply off-limits in a scientific inquiry. Source
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