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07Dec 2023 by Post

When Natural and Super-Natural Explanations Work Hand in Hand

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Methodological naturalism is the idea that scientists may only invoke unintelligent causes for nature’s history. Source

05Dec 2023 by Post

Watch It Now: Tour and Cronin at Harvard

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Above all, major props to Lee Cronin for showing up at all. That took courage. He earns my admiration. Source

23Nov 2023 by Post

Happy Thanksgiving! Here Are Michael Denton’s Top 3 Reasons for Optimism About ID

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One reason, he says, is the “relentless” growth of the ID movement, in academia and around the world. This conversation is itself evidence on the latter point. Source

15Nov 2023 by Post

James Tour and Lee Cronin to Discuss Origin of Life at Harvard Roundtable

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Props to Professor Lee Cronin for agreeing to participate. Wish you could be a fly on the wall? Here's good news. Source

07Nov 2023 by Post

Couldn’t Life’s Information Have Accumulated Gradually? No, and New Long Story Explains Why Not

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It turns out there are five separate qualities to life and its information that make this comforting rationalization impossible to uphold. Source

31Oct 2023 by Post

On Origin of Life, Chemist James Tour Has Successfully Called These Researchers’ Bluff

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Tour issued his challenge in reply to the false claims made by YouTubers, like Dave Farina, about how these hurdles to life’s origin had been fully addressed. Source

28Sep 2023 by Post

Life Without Purpose — The Fundamental Flaw

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The fundamental flaw in the conventional approach to understanding life is that we think we can fully understand the whole by looking at the individual parts. Source

28Aug 2023 by Post

The Return of Natural Theology

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Influenced by a long line of materialist thinkers, Charles Darwin proposed the mechanism of natural selection as a substitute for God. Source

25Aug 2023 by Post

Origin of Life: James Tour’s Sensational 60-Day Challenge to Ten Top Researchers

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Of the ten, Lee Cronin at least is quite active on Twitter or X. I’m going to tweet this to him right now. You should too! Source

09Aug 2023 by Post

The Problem of Pain: Julian Huxley, Magnus Carlsen, and the Meaning of Life

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In a conversation with Lex Fridman, Magnus Carlsen betrays no sense of empathy for how his view that life is an accident might negatively impact others. Source

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