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

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 ›
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Hands-On Chemistry Can’t Simulate Prebiotic Earth

Says Dr. Meyer, “Even the modest movement they get towards life seems to be intelligently designed at each step of the way." Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer: Smoke, Mirrors, and the Origin of Life

Have scientists made life in a laboratory? Two-thirds of the public think the answer is yes. Read More ›
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“Suspect Science”: Stephen Meyer and James Tour Bring Clarity on the Origin of Life

Helpfully, Meyer stops Tour again and again and asks for clarification of scientific terms and concepts that might not be obvious to all viewers. Read More ›
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On Origin of Life, Stephen Meyer and James Tour Debunk Researcher Lee Cronin’s Claims

Have prebiotic chemists made any progress on the sequence specificity problem? None whatsoever, says Dr. Tour. Read More ›
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James Tour and Stephen Meyer Bring Clarity to Origin of Life Debate

“What is being simulated is the need for intelligent agency to move simple chemicals in a life-friendly direction,” says Meyer. Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer, James Tour: The Origin-of-Life Hustle

Researchers perform experiments using specially purchased chemical ingredients and assure the credulous science media that this has something relevant to say. Read More ›
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Professor Dave Debates a Fellow Atheist

What a strange thing to say. To represent someone with his own words, while pointing out his failure to respond to substantive critiques, is “slander”? Read More ›
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More Scientific Problems with Paul Rimmer’s Views on Origin of Life

Naturally occurring self-organization is fundamentally different from the order in living systems. Read More ›
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Origin of Life: Cambridge Astrochemist Paul Rimmer Analyzes the Tour-Farina Debate

The differing perspectives of Tour and Rimmer result from the differences in their starting assumptions. Read More ›

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