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Gerald Joyce
Photo: Gerald Joyce, by Salk Institute via EurekAlert! (usage restrictions: with credit and related coverage).

Fact Check: A “Monumental” Breakthrough in Understanding Life’s Origin?

The lauding of Gerald Joyce’s research is pure hype. His results only further demonstrate the absolute necessity of intelligent agency. Read More ›
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From Scientists and Science Media, a Flood of Disinformation

Spending time perusing popular science media outlets can give one the impression that much of science is on the verge of being overturned. Read More ›
Stephen Meyer
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On the Origin of Life, a Measure of Intelligent Design’s Impact on Mainstream Science

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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Dawkins
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Richard Dawkins and the Law of Unintended Consequences

The New Atheists’ failure to understand the nuanced way that “ordinary people” think was a profound strategic error. Read More ›
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Sunlight on the Puzzle of Prebiotic RNA?

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 ›
James Tour
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Tour-Cronin Debate: Does Charisma Carry the Day?

Was Tour overly aggressive at the roundtable? Having watched and then re-watched the event, I don’t think that was at all the case. Read More ›
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No. 4 Story of 2023: On Origin of Life, Chemist James Tour Has Called These Researchers’ Bluff

Dr. Tour issued his challenge in reply to the claims made by YouTubers, like Dave Farina, about how these hurdles to life’s origin had been fully addressed. Read More ›
James Tour
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Cronin-Tour at Harvard: How Researchers Smuggle Design into Their Theories

Cronin presented his Assembly Theory as a framework for understanding life’s origin. I believe he is correct but not in the way he intends. Read More ›
Lee Cronin
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A Few Thoughts on the Cronin-Tour Debate

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

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

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