Manfred Eigen 2 Type post Date March 19, 2019 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent DesignOrigin of Life Tagged , __k-review, amino acids, Ann Gauger, biotechnology, chance, chemical evolution, David Coppedge, Discovery Institute, enzymes, error catastrophe, evolution, Freeman Dyson, Gandalf, hydrothermal vents, John Maynard Smith, JPL, Leslie Orgel, Manfred Eigen, Mars, Michael Russell, NASA, natural selection, Nature (journal), Nobel laureates, nucleic acid, prebiotic Earth, RNA, Robert Shapiro, Signature in the Cell, Stanley Miller, Stephen Meyer, Susan Mazur, William A. Dembski Error Catastrophe: Manfred Eigen’s Show-Stopper Is Still Stopping the Origin-of-Life Show Science and Culture March 19, 2019 Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life 7 We are nearing a half-century since Eigen wrote about this paradox, and it “still challenges theoretical biologists.” Read More ›
experiment (1) Type post Author Brian Miller Date December 14, 2017 CategoriesGeophysicsOrigin of LifeScientific Trustworthiness Tagged , __nedited, ad hoc hypotheses, amino acids, ammonia, carbohydrates, cellular metabolism, early Earth, enantiomers, homochirality, hydrogen, Jack Szostak, lipids, methane, nucleotides, phosphate, RNA, Robert Shapiro, Royal Society, skepticism, Stanley Miller, thermodynamics, V.J. Torley, volcanos The Origin of Life: Dangers of Taking Research Claims at Face Value Brian Miller December 14, 2017 Geophysics, Origin of Life, Scientific Trustworthiness 8 All simulations that purport to be breakthroughs in origins problems follow the same pattern. Read More ›
Long-road-to-LUCA-1 Type post Date July 3, 2017 CategoriesIntelligent DesignLife SciencesOrigin of LifeScience Tagged , __k-review, abiogenesis, Casey Luskin, David Klinghoffer, intelligent design, John Sutherland, nature, Nature Reviews Chemistry, New York Times, RNA, Robert Shapiro, science, Stephen Meyer Origin-of-Life Researcher Admits, It’s “A Long, Long Way to LUCA” Science and Culture July 3, 2017 Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life, Science 16 Without intelligent design, how the "the last universal common ancestor of all living organisms" arose remains frustratingly elusive to theorists. Read More ›
tornado-funnel-cloud Type post Author Brian Miller Date June 20, 2017 CategoriesIntelligent DesignLife SciencesOrigin of Life Tagged , __k-review, ATP, codons, DNA, genetic code, Robert Shapiro, self-organization, tRNA The Origin of Life, Self-Organization, and Information Brian Miller June 20, 2017 Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life 8 In an article here yesterday, I described the thermodynamic challenges to any purely materialistic theory for the origin of life. Read More ›