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Atheists Review Professor Dave’s Debate Performance

Dave Farina has “tremendous reading skills” — he can read from a script, on YouTube or in a debate, with fluency and confidence. Read More ›
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Where’s the Chemistry? On the Origin of Life, James Tour Exposes Professor Dave as “Clueless”

Professor Dave’s inability to provide the chemistry to back up his claims calls to mind the famous Wendy’s ad from the 1980s. Read More ›
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Stay Tuned, but Here Are a Few Notes on Dave Farina versus James Tour

I was struck by how quickly Farina was dominated and deflated as soon as he had run out of script and had to speak on his own two feet. Read More ›
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Photo: James Tour, via YouTube (screenshot).

James Tour: Reviewing the Challenges for Abiogenesis

To coincide with James Tour’s highly anticipated debate with YouTuber Dave Farina, we pulled this gem out of the archive for your listening pleasure! Read More ›
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Photo: Professor James Tour speaking on “The Mystery of the Origin of Life,” Dallas Conference on Science & Faith.

Origin of Life: James Tour and Dave Farina Will Debate at Rice University on Friday; Watch Here

Dr. Tour is highly skeptical that theorists have got it all figured out about how life arose on a barren early Earth through known material processes alone. Read More ›
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On Origin of Life, “Stated Clearly” Has Clearly Misled Viewers

Jon Perry may be a proponent of methodological naturalism, which constrains science to consider only natural causes, regardless of the scientific evidence. Read More ›
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Photo: Asteroid Ryugu, by Stuart Rankin, via Flickr (cropped).

Uracil Discovered on Asteroid Ryugu — What Does It Mean for the Origin of Life?

These Ryugu samples appear to be our first chance to examine which organic compounds may be produced in a prebiotic setting in our solar system. Read More ›
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Long Story Short Detonates Propaganda About the Origin of Life

These popular origin-of-life videos subordinate science to ideology. Accurate science clearly contradicts their teaching. Read More ›
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On the Origin of Life, Long Story Short Goes After Pop YouTube Science

“It’s easy to say things that aren’t true and get people to believe them, especially when they sound science-y and are mixed in with well-known facts.” Read More ›
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Photo: Plant cells, by Hermann Schachner, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Do Present Proposals on Chemical Evolutionary Mechanisms Point Toward the First Life?

Abiogenesis is the prebiotic process wherein life, such as a cell, arises from non-living materials such as simple organic compounds. Read More ›

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