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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 23, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, academia, brain, Darwinism, evolution, Fornace, gratitude, Harvard University, intelligent design, Italy, James Tour, Lee Cronin, materialism, matter, Michael Denton, mind, Minding the Brain, Scuola di Filosofia di Fornace, Thanksgiving, The Miracle of Man}

Happy Thanksgiving! Here Are Michael Denton’s Top 3 Reasons for Optimism About ID

_{David Klinghoffer
November 23, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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One reason, he says, is the “relentless” growth of the ID movement, in academia and around the world. This conversation is itself evidence on the latter point. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 17, 2023

Categories
Medicine
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, batteries, electronics, entrepreneurs, George Gilder, graphene, James Tour, materials science, mice, modernity, Nobel Prize, plastic, plastics, Rice University, spinal cord}

I Just Want to Say One Word to You: Graphene

_{Casey Luskin
November 17, 2023

Medicine, Physical Sciences

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Graphene was first characterized in 2004 when two researchers took graphite and exfoliated individual sheets of graphene using scotch tape. Read More ›

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Author
Tova Levengood

Date
November 15, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, events, faculty, Harvard University, James Tour, Lee Cronin, MIT, roundtable}

James Tour and Lee Cronin to Discuss Origin of Life at Harvard Roundtable

_{Tova Levengood
November 15, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Props to Professor Lee Cronin for agreeing to participate. Wish you could be a fly on the wall? Here's good news. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 12, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Big Bang, complexity, creativity, evolution, ID the Future, information theory, intelligent design, James Tour, life, living cell, multiverse, podcast, resources, Rice University, synthetic organic chemistry, The Design Inference, universal probability bound, universe, William A. Dembski}

Dembski and Tour: Why Chance Doesn’t Have a Chance

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 12, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Proponents of an evolutionary explanation for life and the universe credit natural processes with a seemingly unlimited amount of time and boundless creativity. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 7, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, accuracy, biological information, chemical evolution, code, DNA, genome, information, James Tour, Long Story Short, researchers, self-replication, YouTube videos}

Couldn’t Life’s Information Have Accumulated Gradually? No, and New Long Story Explains Why Not

_{David Klinghoffer
November 7, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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It turns out there are five separate qualities to life and its information that make this comforting rationalization impossible to uphold. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 5, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, evolutionary biologists, improbability, information, information theory, James Tour, natural selection, Rice University, Shannon information, shell game, specified information, The Design Inference, The Information Enigma, William A. Dembski}

How Information Runs the Show in Biology

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 5, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Specified information — when improbability meets a recognizable pattern — demands explanation. 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, experts, glucose, intelligent design, James Tour, materialism, 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, chess, David Klinghoffer, DNA, James Tour, Lee Cronin, logic, Nature (journal), nucleotides, Philip Ball, 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
August 25, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Bruce Lipshutz, Dave Farina, Jack Szostak, James Tour, John Sutherland, judges, Lee Cronin, Professor Dave Explains, researchers, Rice University, Steve Benner, Twitter, YouTube videos}

Origin of Life: James Tour’s Sensational 60-Day Challenge to Ten Top Researchers

_{David Klinghoffer
August 25, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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I suppose someone could try to explain why the challenge is unfair or not relevant to the field. That would be very difficult to do. Read More ›