Category: Origin of Life | Page 6 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
March 21, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, alcohol, Assembly Theory, challenge, Craig Venter, drinking, Harvard University, Hector Zenil, hype, James Tour, King’s College London, Last Universal Common Ancestor, Lee Cronin, LUCA, natural processes, negligence, Rice University, scientific community, tweeting, University of Glasgow}

James Tour Offers Three-Year Challenge to Lee Cronin to Demonstrate Legitimacy of Assembly Theory

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March 21, 2024

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After Tour publicly quoted Cronin’s assessment of the field, Cronin responded by claiming he was speaking “tongue-in-cheek.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 15, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Anthropic Principle, Christof Koch, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, David Chalmers, human consciousness, Integrated information theory, James Tour, materialist theories, natural selection, neuroscience, neuroscientists, panpsychism, philosophers, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, scientists, Teilhard de Chardin, third rail}

Cosmic Fine-Tuning as Evidence for the Reality of Consciousness

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 15, 2024

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Many neuroscientists hold the materialist view that the mind is a user illusion generated by the brain. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
March 11, 2024

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, A Fortunate Universe, aliens, David Klinghoffer, DNA, employment, extraterrestrials, intelligent design, Joana Xavier, nanomachines, scientists, Signature in the Cell, Stanford University, Stephen Meyer}

Aliens in the Garbage

_{Daniel Witt
March 11, 2024

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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. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
March 4, 2024

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, bacterium, complexity, Darwinian evolution, DNA, E. coli, evolvability, information, information theory, intelligent design, Kolmogorov complexity, Kolmogorov information, Leslie Orgel, life, molecules, polymers, probability, Robert J. Marks II, Shannon information, specification, Specified Complexity Made Simple (series), The Origins of Life, Winston Ewert}

Orgelian Specified Complexity

_{William A. Dembski
March 4, 2024

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I have presented Orgel’s account of specified complexity so readers can decide which they prefer, Orgel’s or the one described in this series. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 28, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, David Coppedge, Imperial College London, intelligent design, James Tour, Joana Xavier, materialism, Nature (journal), Nick Lane, Perry Marshall, science journals, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer}

On the Origin of Life, a Measure of Intelligent Design’s Impact on Mainstream Science

_{David Klinghoffer
February 28, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Dr. Xavier rejects ID, but recommends an ID book to “everyone I can” because “it exposes a lot of the questions that people try to sweep under the carpet.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 28, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Ecology
Evolution
Geology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", anesthesia, arteries, astrobiology, autocatalysis, Biomimetics, blood, blood vessels, circulation, coacervates, confession, conservation, genes, George Washington Carver, heart, hydrothermal vents, intelligent design, James Joule, James Simpson, James Tour, Joana Xavier, Johannes Kepler, Leslie Orgel, memory, methodological naturalism, Michael Faraday, mRNA vaccines, Murchison meteorite, Nick Lane, paradigm shift, Paul Nelson, proteinoid microspheres, proteins, reverse-engineering, RNA world, Robert Boyle, Robert Shapiro, scientific revolution, Signature in the Cell, spark-discharge tubes, Stephen Meyer, Susan Mazur, Systems Biology, target of selection, The Origin of Life Circus, University College London, veins, William Harvey}

From Nature, a Devastating Critique of Origin-of-Life Research

_{David Coppedge
February 28, 2024

Biochemistry, Ecology, Evolution, Geology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Philosophy of Science

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The magazine started by Norman Lockyer in 1869 to promote Darwin’s naturalistic views has had to face judgment day. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 1, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Anthony Costello, Arizona State University, biologists, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, creative agency, debates, Harvard University, ID the Future, James Tour, Kirkwood Center, Lee Cronin, Lenny Esposito, materialistic science, natural selection, Owen Anderson, Rice University, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Meyer, University of Glasgow}

Evolution’s Demigods: Reviewing the Tour vs. Cronin Debate

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 1, 2024

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Says Brian Miller, “What a lot of origin-of-life people do is talk about natural selection as a demigod with creative agency." Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 31, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", biopolymers, chemical evolution, DNA, Energy, evolution, information, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, lipids, living systems, molecular machines, Ohio State University, Paul Sutter, proteins, replication, RNA, self-replication, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, Universe Today, Walter Bradley}

Astrophysicist: “We Do Not Yet Know How, Where, or Why Life First Appeared”

_{Casey Luskin
January 31, 2024

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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It’s good to find another scientist — with no connections to intelligent design — who sees the issue so clearly. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 29, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Anthony Costello, Arizona State University, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, debates, events, Harvard University, ID the Future, James Tour, Kirkwood Center, Lee Cronin, Lenny Esposito, Owen Anderson, podcast, Rice University, Stephen Dilley, University of Glasgow}

Debate Review: Jim Tour vs Lee Cronin at Harvard

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 29, 2024

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In 2021, chemist Dr. Lee Cronin declared publicly that “Origin of life research is a scam.” He later said he was only joking. Read More ›

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Author
Carl Linnaeus

Date
January 24, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, adenine, building blocks, cytosine, DNA, Evolution News, guanine, living systems, magnetic field, nucleobases, nucleotides, prebiotic conditions, proteins, ribose, RNA, sugar, thymine, uracil, UV light}

Sunlight on the Puzzle of Prebiotic RNA?

_{Carl Linnaeus
January 24, 2024

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In two previous articles, I have argued against the plausibility of generating biologically relevant polymers (proteins, RNA, and DNA) in a prebiotic world. Read More ›