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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 6, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Chemistry
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Assembly Theory, chemical evolution, Clockwork, complexity, consciousness, Elon Musk, fallacy, Harvard University, Hector Zenil, information theory, intelligent design, James Tour, Justin Brierley, Lee Cronin, materialism, methodological naturalism, molecular biology, naturalism, Nature (journal), ontology, Oxford University, phase transition, quantum entanglement, Reductionism, Rice University, saltation, scientific method, theoretical physics, Unbelievable, worldview}

A Few Thoughts on the Cronin-Tour Debate

_{Günter Bechly
December 6, 2023

Biochemistry, Chemistry, Origin of Life

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Under the theory of an unguided process of chemical and biological evolution, should a threshold of complexity, clearly identifying life, be expected? Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
November 8, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, abiogenesis, bacteria, chemical evolution, DNA, early Earth, Gerald Joyce, humans, information, intelligence, intelligent design, intervention, Long Story Short, mind, Mycoplasma mycoides, natural processes, natural selection, prebiotic Earth, prebiotic world, proteins, replication, replication fidelity, ribozyme, RNA, Sol Spiegelman, sugars, urea}

New Long Story Short Video Examines Information and the Origin of Life

_{Rob Stadler
November 8, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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Does the required information for life come from purely natural processes, or from an intelligent mind? Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 31, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, amino acids, biological information, cells, Dave Farina, David Klinghoffer, deadline, early Earth, enantiomerically pure, experts, glucose, handedness, intelligent design, James Tour, materialism, monosaccharides, nucleotides, polypeptides, polysaccharides, Rice University, RNA, sugars, Tova Forman, YouTubers}

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

_{Brian Miller
October 31, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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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. Read More ›

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Author
Tova Levengood

Date
October 19, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, ad hominem, amino acids, Assembly Theory, biologists, Brian Miller, Chemistry World, chess, David Klinghoffer, DNA, ego, James Tour, Lee Cronin, logic, Nature (journal), nucleotides, Philip Ball, protein chains, RNA, Sara Walker, Twitter}

I’m Baffled by Lee Cronin, and I’m Not Alone

_{Tova Levengood
October 19, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Do you know those prank mirror illusions where an object seems to be sitting in a dish ready to be picked up, but you reach for it and there’s nothing there? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 12, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, evolution, intelligent design, James Tour, Lee Cronin, Rice University, Stephen Meyer, TED talk}

Meyer, Tour: “Molecules Don’t Care About Life!”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 12, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Rice University chemist James Tour is still on a roll in showing up the empty boasts of origin-of-life researchers. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 27, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Technology
Tagged
, abiogenesis, biological designs, Biomimetics, Darwinists, evolution, evolutionary theory, evolutionists, function, intelligent design, junk DNA, natural processes, Professor Dave, vestigial structures}

Four Troublesome Trend Lines for Evolution

_{David Klinghoffer
September 27, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Technology

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Taken as a totality, they make “zero sense in the context” of classic evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 27, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Bayesian reasoning, chemical evolution, DNA, error catastrophe, error threshold, forensic biology, ID the Future, Jonathan McLatchie, natural selection, naturalism, podcast, RNA world, self-replicating molecules, self-replication}

Another Headache for the RNA World Theory

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 27, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Before a trial and error process like natural selection can even get started, self-replicating molecules must have a minimal accuracy rate. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 21, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Case Western Reserve University, Change Tan, devolution, Eric Anderson, evolution, genes, ID the Future, medical engineering, Nature (journal), Rob Stadler, Robert Stadler, single-celled organism, The Stairway to Life, unguided processes}

The Simple Life: Abiogenesis Gets Another Reality Check

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 21, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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When it comes to biological life, even the simplest single-celled organism is an astonishingly complex multi-part system. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
September 20, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", abiogenesis, argument from ignorance, artificial intelligence, biases, ChatGPT, chemical evolution, comets, complexity, cosmic fine-tuning, Directed panspermia, early Earth, higher intelligence, inference to the best explanation, intelligent design, interstellar dust, Irreducible Complexity, meteorites, methodological naturalism, multiverse, natural selection, Occam's Razor, panpsychism, panspermia, physical constants, physical laws, primordial soup, self-organization, self-repliation, Strong Anthropic Principle, testability, thermodynamics, Weak Anthropic Principle}

Chatting with ChatGPT about Intelligent Design and the Origin of Life

_{William A. Dembski
September 20, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life

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This study raises the interesting question of the interplay between trained biases in ChatGPT and the ability to coax this AI to transcend those biases. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 24, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, biochemists, Bruce Lipshutz, Dave Farina, ID the Future, James Tour, peptides, podcast, Professor Dave, Professor Dave Explains, researchers, Rice University, science educators, Stephen Meyer, UC Santa Barbara, water, YouTube videos, YouTubers}

Meyer and Tour Complete Four-Part Seminar on Origin of Life: Will Professor Dave Watch?

_{David Klinghoffer
August 24, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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If Professor Dave watched to the end, he would have to confront the fact that he deceptively conscripted biochemist Bruce Lipshutz as an expert witness. Read More ›