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James Tour

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Denyse O'Leary
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November 22, 2020
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Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity
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Film clip on the probability of a protein forming by chance passes 500k views

Denyse O'Leary
November 22, 2020
Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity
xcerpt: Putting the probabilities together means adding the exponents. The probability of getting a properly folded chain of one-handed amino acids, joined by peptide bonds, is one chance in 10^74+45+45, or one in 10^164 (Meyer, p. 212). This means that, on average, you would need to construct 10^164 chains of amino acids 150 units long to expect to find one that is useful. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 28, 2020
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Genetics, Intelligent Design
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John Sanford and James Tour discuss science and faith

Denyse O'Leary
October 28, 2020
Genetics, Intelligent Design
Dr. James Tour and Dr. John Sanford discuss science and faith, including Dr. Sanford's challenge against the idea of natural selection benefiting the fitness of living organisms, coming as a direct result of his research on genomes showing the fitness of biological systems are degenerating due to the accumulation of harmful mutations. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 18, 2020
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Information, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
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Steve Meyer on James Tour’s podcast

Denyse O'Leary
August 18, 2020
Information, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
"In this interview, Dr. James Tour and Dr. Stephen Meyer discuss science and faith, while getting into the details on the discovery of complex, sequence specific information required for life's function and origin, and the required fine-tuned laboratory that we call our universe that must exist in order for assembly to occur." People are taking reality seriously? What next, we wonder? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 19, 2019
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Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
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Chemist James Tour calls time out on implausible origin of life theories

Denyse O'Leary
July 19, 2019
Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
He writes, "It is time for a temporary time out. Why not admit what we cannot yet explain: the mass transfer of starting materials to the molecules needed for life; the origin of life’s code; the combinatorial complexities present in any living system; and the precise non-regular assembly of cellular components?" Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
January 17, 2019
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Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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Why did an evolutionary biology prof imply world-famous chemist James Tour was “stupid”?

Denyse O'Leary
January 17, 2019
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design

A writer encountered this all-too-common type of behavior recently and was, well, surprised. To see why it feels normal to many of us, it is helpful to understand a bit about Darwinism as a social phenomenon. Faithful readers of various vintages will, of course, remember University of Toronto evolutionary biologist Larry Moran, best known publicly through his blog Sandwalk. At his blog Southern Prose, writer John Leonard happened to come across him the other day trashing well-known chemist James Tour. That was back in 2014 but the internet is forever. Tour signed the Discovery Institute statement, “A Scientific Dissent from Darwinism” (2001), calling for more openness on discussion of evolution: “We are skeptical of claims for the ability of random Read More ›