Tag: Cornelius Hunter
RNA World in a World of Hurt
Cornelius Hunter and Eric Anderson spotlight admissions in scientific publications that it’s time to move on from the cherished but embattled RNA World.
Determinism: A “Bizarre Position” Held by Scientists “with Great Confidence”
If it’s true, then all one says or thinks — right or wrong, true or false — was determined some 13.8 billion years ago.
Determinism: “An Irrational Rejection of Evidence”
German theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder takes even human choices to be merely an illusory experience.
Science as Oracle — “Where It Gets Weird”
The ancients had their oracles, people claiming to speak in the name of the gods — this, by divination.
Seeking a Way Around RNA World, New Study Only Increases Perplexity of Abiogenesis
The origin of biological information is a mystery not so much highlighted by a comparison with software as downplayed by it.