<strong>James Tour: The Goalposts are Racing Away from the Origin-of-Life Community</strong>

Episode 1705 February 01, 2023 00:57:39
<strong>James Tour: The Goalposts are Racing Away from the Origin-of-Life Community</strong>
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<strong>James Tour: The Goalposts are Racing Away from the Origin-of-Life Community</strong>

Feb 01 2023 | 00:57:39

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Show Notes

On today’s ID the Future distinguished nanoscientist James Tour explains to host Eric Metaxas why the origin-of-life community is further than ever from solving the mystery of life’s origin, and how the public has gotten the false impression that scientists can synthesize life in the lab. Tour explains that origin-of-life scientists aren’t even close to intelligently synthesizing life from non-life in the lab. The problem, Tour says, is that some leading origin-of-life researchers give the impression they are right on the cusp of solving the problem. Not so, Tour says. He offers the analogy of someone claiming, in the year 1500, that he has the know-how to build a ship to travel to the moon, when no one yet knows Read More ›

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