Tag: thermodynamics
Hailed as the “Next Darwin,” MIT’s Jeremy England Sheds Little Light on Life’s Origins
England’s research is focused on the wrong question. Origin-of-life theories are not helped by identifying processes that efficiently dissipate energy.
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Is Sean Carroll a Boltzmann Brain?
Carroll, a cosmologist and physicist specializing in general relativity and cosmology at Caltech, is highly regarded by the New Atheist community.
Tornadoes, Ice, and Cells: The Challenge from Thermodynamics to Origin-of-Life Scenarios
This is a subject on which materialists are largely silent, and with good reason.
Free Energy and the Origin of Life: Natural Engines to the Rescue
A fundamental hurdle facing all origin-of-life theories is the fact that the first cell must have had a free energy far greater than its chemical precursors.
Thermodynamics of the Origin of Life
Popular articles on origin-of-life research often portray the field as constantly advancing and quickly converging on a purely materialistic explanation for the first cell.
Westminster Conference Examines Evidence of Design in Life — Discovery Institute Is Well Represented
The nearly 400 enthusiastic attendees included many students, teachers, and a number of college faculty.
Asking the Right Questions: My Visit to Brown University and MIT
On a trip to Northeast campuses, I had the privilege of speaking to students about the evidence for design in nature.