Tag: polynucleotides

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 11, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, Assembly Theory, Brian Miller, carbohydrates, Dave Farina, David Klinghoffer, debates, Discovery Institute, early Earth, enzymes, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, James Tour, Lee Cronin, lipids, nucleotides, polynucleotides, polypeptides, polysaccharides, Professor Dave, Rice University, RNA, roundtable, side chains, specified information, University of Glasgow}

Another War of Words: Jim Tour and Lee Cronin at Harvard

_{Casey Luskin
January 11, 2024

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Tour didn’t shout. He didn’t call anyone an “idiot.” He never called Cronin a “bad chemist.” And Tour’s scientific challenges were entirely reasonable. Read More ›

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 25, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, abiogenesis, blackboard, character assassination, early Earth, functional cell, James Tour, polynucleotides, polypeptides, polysaccharides, PowerPoint, Professor Dave, Professor Dave Explains, rhetoric, Rice University, specified information}

James Tour Takes Professor Dave to School: Farina Won’t Answer Tour’s Reasonable Questions

_{Casey Luskin
May 25, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Life Sciences

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Farina finally did write something on the blackboard: “Not Clueless.” This, needless to say, did not answer Tour’s request for a scientific explanation. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Alexander Vilenkin, atheism, Avi Loeb, character assassination, Charles Lineweaver, Christoph Adami, Darwin-skeptics, Dave Farina, David Berlinski, Denis Noble, Discovery Institute, enzymes, evolution, genetic fallacy, Ian Tattersall, Inference (journal), James Shapiro, James Tour, Jean-Pierre Luminet, Jeremy England, Lawrence Krauss, Lee Cronin, Martin Rees, Noam Chomsky, polymers, polynucleotides, polypeptides, Professor Dave, Professor Dave Explains, proteins, Richard Dawkins, RNA, specified information, The Workhorse of the Cell}

James Tour Focused on Science, Dave Farina on Character Assassination: So, Who Wins?

_{Casey Luskin
May 24, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Life Sciences

9}

Professor Dave’s attacks undercut his credibility as a spokesman for his own view. If he had the truth on his side, there’s no reason he would behave this way. Read More ›

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 22, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, atheism, blackboard, Dave Farina, early Earth, evolution, functional cell, Houston, James Tour, polynucleotides, polypeptides, polysaccharides, prebiotic conditions, Professor Dave Explains, Rice University, specified information, Texas}

Where’s the Chemistry? On the Origin of Life, James Tour Exposes Professor Dave as “Clueless”

_{Casey Luskin
May 22, 2023

Biochemistry, Origin of Life

7}

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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Author
Brian Miller

Date
February 9, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, amino acids, atheism, Bruce Lipshutz, cell membrane, Dave Farina, DNA, early Earth, fatty acids, James Tour, Lee Cronin, nucleotides, polynucleotides, proteins, ribose, RNA, simple sugars, Steve Benner}

James Tour Dismantles Dave Farina’s Expert Witnesses on the State of Origin-of-Life Research

_{Brian Miller
February 9, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

5}

Farina is a committed atheist who has demonstrated that he is not encumbered by the same ethical standards that James Tour is. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
August 31, 2022

Categories
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, Conservation of Information, evolution, fitness function, Hamlet, information, intelligent design, Jason Rosenhouse, John Stuart Mill, letters, logic, natural selection, polynucleotides, replicase, replication, Richard Dawkins, Robert J. Marks II, Rosenhouse’s Whoppers (series), selection, simplicity, Sol Spiegelman, spaces, The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism, unwashed middle, variation, William Shakespeare}

Rosenhouse’s Whoppers: The Environment as a Source of Information

_{William A. Dembski
August 31, 2022

Environment & Climate, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

6}

Take a simple example, one that Rosenhouse finds deeply convincing and emblematic for biological evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Eric H. Anderson

Date
June 12, 2020

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, building blocks, Cambridge University, components, cross-reactions, DNA, early Earth, evolution, Evolution and Intelligent Design in a Nutshell, genes, intelligence, intelligent design, naturalism, polynucleotides, primordial soup, RNA, RNA world, self-driving cars, self-replication, silicon, unguided natural processes}

Origin Stories — RNA, DNA, and a Dose of Imagination

_{Eric H. Anderson
June 12, 2020

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

11}

Forever lacking are the key elements required for life: coordinated activity, coherent function, regulated control, meaningful information, purposeful intent. Read More ›

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post

Author
Dean H. Kenyon

Date
March 23, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, Biochemical Predestination, biopolymers, Dean H. Kenyon, genetic information, isomer, living systems, polynucleotides, polypeptides, proteins, protocells, San Francisco State University, scientists, second of law thermodynamics, Stanley Miller, The Mystery of Life’s Origin}

What Scientists Fear: Foreword to The Mystery of Life’s Origin

_{Dean H. Kenyon
March 23, 2020

Evolution, Origin of Life

8}

Perhaps scientists fear that acceptance of this conclusion would open the door to the possibility (or the necessity) of a supernatural origin of life. Read More ›