05May 2023 by Post

New Course on Evolution Challenges Group-Think with Scientific Skepticism

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Consider spending the time — 40 lessons with accompanying quizzes to check your progress — to weigh the evidence for yourself. Source
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01May 2023 by Post

Long Story Short Debunks Another Tall Tale of Self-Replication

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While posing as an educational video with scientific authority, this offering from Stated Clearly conveniently sweeps well-established science under the rug. Source
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05Mar 2023 by Post

Yes, Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence — Let’s Hear Some for Darwinian Evolution

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Carl Sagan famously said, “I believe that the extraordinary should be pursued. But extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Source
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16Feb 2023 by Post

Long Story Short: The Origin of Replication and the Information Sequence Problem

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As an undergraduate at UC San Diego, I attended a seminar taught by Stanley Miller, the famous chemist who put origin-of-life research on the map. Source
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15Feb 2023 by Post

Molecular Infertility: New Long Story Short on RNA Replication and Life’s Origin

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You might think that such severe impediments to prebiotic RNA formation would be enough to discourage fanciful proposals of RNA replication. Source
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30Dec 2022 by Post

#3 Story of 2022: Did Researchers Explain the Origin of Life?

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The research paper avers, “These results support the capability of molecular replicators to spontaneously develop complexity through Darwinian evolution.” Source
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