Tag: Rice University
James Tour Offers Three-Year Challenge to Lee Cronin to Demonstrate Legitimacy of Assembly Theory
After Tour publicly quoted Cronin’s assessment of the field, Cronin responded by claiming he was speaking “tongue-in-cheek.”
For Darwin Day, Robert Shedinger Calls Darwin’s Bluff
Tucked away in Charles Darwin’s surviving papers is a lengthy manuscript he never finished.
Evolution’s Demigods: Reviewing the Tour vs. Cronin Debate
Says Brian Miller, “What a lot of origin-of-life people do is talk about natural selection as a demigod with creative agency.”
On the Origin of Life, Astrophysicist Paul Sutter Seems to Agree with James Tour
Quick, let’s tweet that to Professor Dave — oh, wait… His account on the X platform has been suspended.
Debate Review: Jim Tour vs Lee Cronin at Harvard
In 2021, chemist Dr. Lee Cronin declared publicly that “Origin of life research is a scam.” He later said he was only joking.