Dr James Tour On Abiogenesis

By Leo Gura - September 30, 2023

I found this mini-course by chemist Dr James Tour which explains problems with origin of life research. One of the greatest unsolved mysteries of science is how life originated on Earth. How do you get a working cell from a soup of chemicals? This problem is a lot deeper than most people assume, including scientists. Scientists grossly underestimate what cells are and how they work. I find it fascinating to contemplate this issue.

Dr James Tour is a brilliant chemist who unravels some of the BS and hype that has been plaguing origin of life research. He has dozens of videos on his channel that go into great detail, below I link just a few of them:

A Course On Abiogenesis – EP 7 – Peptides
A Course On Abiogenesis – EP 8 – Nucleotides
A Course On Abiogenesis – EP 9 – Lipids

Now, it’s important to underscore that even though the above work casts serious doubt on origins of life research, you should not take this to mean that life did not originate through a natural process. I’m not suggesting that life happen through some magical means via a bearded man in the clouds. All that’s being said is that scientists have no idea how exactly life got started and they take the issue of creating life from basic chemical building blocks for granted. The point of these videos is not to deny science or natural origins of life, nor to smuggle in Jesus, but to better appreciate how amazing and unique life is. My goal here is to help you recognize and appreciate the sheer genius of life.

Note: Dr James Tour is a born-again Christian, but he is also one of the world’s top chemists, with over 100 patents. His science is solid and straight. He does not pollute it with talk of religion.

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