Tag: James Tour
Heretic, Intelligent Design, and the Materialism of the Gaps
Consider an analogy. Imagine you have gone to visit the circular pattern of great stones on the Salisbury Plain in England known as Stonehenge.
Can the Rot of Naturalism Be Stopped? Relating Information to Matter and Energy Might Help
A New Yorker obit for naturalist atheist philosopher Jerry Fodor noted Fodor’s dismissal of the “natural selection” cult but, surprisingly, did not offer polite contempt.
James Tour and the Challenge to Theistic Evolution from Synthetic Chemistry
A chemist like Tour, a very distinguished one, knows from a career’s worth of lab work how painstakingly difficult it is to synthesize molecules you want.
Beautiful Monster — Theistic Evolution: A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique Is Here!
It’s a MONSTER because it’s 1007 pages, which means you’ll probably still be reading it when the Chicago Cubs are in the World Series again.
On Origin of Life, Synthetic Chemist James Tour Delivers Chastisement to Jeremy England
“[U]nder certain conditions, matter inexorably acquires the key physical attribute associated with life.” Oh, really, does it?