Tag: James Tour

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post

Date
July 8, 2026

Categories
Biochemistry
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __featured2, Assembly Theory, audiences, biochemistry, Brian Miller, cameras, debates, drink, evolution, evolutionary mechanisms, food, genes, genetics, Harvard University, intelligent design, James Tour, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, Lee Cronin, magical words, molecules, origin of life, recordings, Research, Rice University, Sara Walker, selection, videos}

Cronin’s Assembly Theory Continues to Perform Its Magic

_{Science & Culture
July 8, 2026

Biochemistry, Origin of Life

2}

Cronin and Walker know what is wrong with origin-of-life research. They’re just afraid of what may be right. Read More ›

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post

Date
July 2, 2026

Categories
Biology
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __trending, bacteria, cells, clueless, control, E. coli, genes, guidance, James Tour, Kate Adamala, materialists, minimal cell, New York Times, origin of life, plagiarism, proteins, ribosomes, RNA, SpudCell, University of Minnesota}

We Created Life! Er, Wait a Minute…

_{Science & Culture
July 2, 2026

Biology, Origin of Life

3}

A synthetic cell lineage contrived by humans will (necessarily) need to copy what Nature has already done, or fail. Read More ›

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post

Author
Rob Stadler

Date
May 26, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, abiogenesis, assumptions, asteroids, bias, confidence, evidence, experiments, Gerald Joyce, investigator intervention, James Tour, Long Story Short, meteors, methodological naturalism, Miller-Urey experiment, murder, natural causes, natural processes, naturalism, origin of life, polymerase, repeatability, researchers, ribozyme, RNA, Science and Culture Today, scientists, self-replicating molecules, Sol Spiegelman, suicide, tabloids, water droplets}

Applying Scientific Method to the Origin of Life Yields Shaky Results

_{Rob Stadler
May 26, 2026

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Scientific Reasoning

7}

Scientists are not, or should not be, tabloid headline writers. They should only make claims that are strongly supported by evidence. Read More ›

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 20, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biases, evolution, intelligent design, James Tour, Long Story Short, origin of life, Richard Lewontin, scientific debates, scientific experts}

New Long Story Short Video Explores How Non-Experts Can Assess Scientific Questions

_{Casey Luskin
May 20, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

A new Long Story Short video tries to answer this question: How can a non-expert assess who is right in a complex scientific debate — specifically on the question “How did life begin?” Read More ›

Business man afraid of his own shadow monster concept

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post

Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 14, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Andrew Knoll, anxieties, Biomimetics, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, chemical evolution, debates, Earth and Life, Enceladus, evolutionary icons, evolutionists, Faculty Club, Fear of Finding Out, Fear of Missing Out, Fear of Validating Outsiders, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, heretics, Howard Glicksman, human body, ignorance, intelligent design, James Tour, Lee Cronin, Lucy Hyde, Michael Denton, phobias, poor design, Privileged Planet, Rasoul Sorkhabi, Rice University, scholarship, Science (journal), Stephen Meyer, Steve Laufmann, Stuart Burgess, Texas A&M University, The Conversation, Titan, Ultimate Engineering, University of Bristol, Your Amazing Body, Zombie Science}

Darwinists Afflicted by Fear of Validating Outsiders

_{David Coppedge
May 14, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

8}

Fear of validating opposition to materialism diminishes the scholarship of some scientific publications. Their authors need to get a grip. Read More ›

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 12, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Christianity, civility, combativeness, criticism, critics, David Snoke, debates, documentary, Douglas Axe, evolution, Evolution News, faith and science, films, intelligent design, interviews, James Tour, Jay Richards, john lennox, Phil Halper, Richard Gunasekera, scholars, Science and Culture Today, scientists, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, Timothy McGrew, tone}

If You Think Intelligent Design Is “Combative,” You Need to See The Story of Everything

_{Casey Luskin
May 12, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

7}

Consider Stephen Meyer’s recent debate with Phil Halper over whether God is the best explanation for the origin and fine-tuning of the universe. Read More ›

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post

Author
Granville Sewell

Date
April 29, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Armin Moczek, biochemistry, BioCosmos, children, Christianity for Doubters, civilizations, College Physics, computers, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwin’s Doubt, David Snoke, engineering, Eric Anderson, evolution, Evolution and Intelligent Design in a Nutshell, eyes, Field Museum of Natural History, Foresight (book), George Gaylord Simpson, humans, intelligent design, James Tour, John von Neumann, Marcos Eberlin, mathematicians, Michael Behe, Nobel Prize, origin of life, Peter Urone, phones, reproduction, Rice University, Robotica, self-reproduction, simplicity, spaceships, The Story of Everything}

Four Major Questions for Materialists

_{Granville Sewell
April 29, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

12}

Let’s look at the long, complicated counterargument of the materialists to see if we can find the errors or unverified points. Read More ›

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post

Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
April 27, 2026

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, archival material, audience, Big Bang, Brian Keating, Cambridge University, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Doubt, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, Eric Esau, evolution, filmmakers, films, Frank Tipler, Hollywood, intelligence, intelligent design, James Tour, john lennox, materialism, Michael Behe, molecular machines, nano-technology, Nobel laureates, Peter Thiel, Poverty Inc., prizes, Return of the God Hypothesis, screener, Signature in the Cell, software, Stephen Meyer, storytelling, The Privileged Planet, The Story of Everything, thinkers, universe, William Dembski}

The Story of Everything Dazzled Me: I Wasn’t Prepared

_{Jonathan Witt
April 27, 2026

Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

5}

I’ve worked on successful documentary films, including a 2014 feature-length film that won multiple prizes; I’m not easily impressed. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 23, 2026

Categories
Origin of Life
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, abiogenesis, blobs, Brandon McGuire, chemical assembly, chemical decay, chemical evolution, Daily Dose of Wisdom, documentary, early Earth, intelligent design, James Tour, origin of life, replicator, Rice University, simplification, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, tickets, Veritasium, YouTube videos}

Meyer: Time Is the Archenemy of an Unguided Origin of Life

_{David Klinghoffer
April 23, 2026

Origin of Life, Scientific Reasoning

2}

A video claims to show how the unguided origin of life is easy to envision, involving random chemical “blobs” forming into a replicator, given enough time. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 22, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheism, beginning, Bertrand Russell, Big Bang, Cambridge University, Christianity, cosmology, creator, designer, despair, faith and science, Hoover Institution, James Tour, john lennox, monotheism, Peter Robinson, philosophers, scientists, Singularity, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, theaters, theism, universe, Why I Am Not a Christian}

Lennox, Meyer, Tour, Robinson: The Science of Monotheism

_{David Klinghoffer
April 22, 2026

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

3}

The indefinite article is emphatically in the singular. In all those statements, there was only one beginning. Read More ›