Tag: origin of life
A Good Example of Evolutionary Use of Extremely Small Probability Singularities
How can you be certain, for instance, that you, horned lizards, and brook trout share a common chordate ancestor?
Yes, Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence — Let’s Hear Some for Darwinian Evolution
Carl Sagan famously said, “I believe that the extraordinary should be pursued. But extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.”
Jim Tour Unmasks Steve Benner’s Double Standard and Inaccurate Commentary on the Origin of Life
If Benner assessed his experiments by the same standard he applied to others, he would have acknowledged that his attempts have yielded nothing of value.
On the Origin of Life, James Tour Exposes the Irrelevance of Lee Cronin’s Research
Tour details Cronin’s consistent exaggeration of the progress he and other researchers have made in unraveling the mystery of life’s origin.
Long Story Short: The Origin of Replication and the Information Sequence Problem
As an undergraduate at UC San Diego, I attended a seminar taught by Stanley Miller, the famous chemist who put origin-of-life research on the map.