Tag: abiogenesis
Sunlight on the Puzzle of Prebiotic RNA?
In two previous articles, I have argued against the plausibility of generating biologically relevant polymers (proteins, RNA, and DNA) in a prebiotic world.
Tour-Cronin Debate: Does Charisma Carry the Day?
Was Tour overly aggressive at the roundtable? Having watched and then re-watched the event, I don’t think that was at all the case.
No. 4 Story of 2023: On Origin of Life, Chemist James Tour Has Called These Researchers’ Bluff
Dr. Tour issued his challenge in reply to the claims made by YouTubers, like Dave Farina, about how these hurdles to life’s origin had been fully addressed.
Cronin-Tour at Harvard: How Researchers Smuggle Design into Their Theories
Cronin presented his Assembly Theory as a framework for understanding life’s origin. I believe he is correct but not in the way he intends.
A Few Thoughts on the Cronin-Tour Debate
Under the theory of an unguided process of chemical and biological evolution, should a threshold of complexity, clearly identifying life, be expected?