Tag: origin of life
Tour to Meyer: Make Your Best Case for the Theory of Intelligent Design
James Tour and Stephen Meyer assess an exchange between two physicists about the origin of life, and Tour notes his hesitance about ID.
Tour, Meyer: Some Very Hard Problems Facing Origin-of-Life Research
The problems range from the extreme improbabilities associated with protein assembly, to what precisely has gone missing in the nanosecond when a cell dies.
James Tour: “Molecules Don’t Care About Life”
Blowing smoke is what science media and even scientists themselves do a great deal of the time when they talk about the origin of life.
Paul Ashby on Thermodynamics, Information, and Life’s Molecular Machines
I particularly appreciate how his arguments complement my own analyses addressing the origin of life.
If Your Free Speech Is Threatened, Let Us Know
As the school year starts, I’m wondering how many students and professors will find themselves in difficult positions.