Originally Posted by Tarquin
Excellent presentation by world renowned chemist James Tour on why evolution has not (and probably cannot) explain the origin of life.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4sP1E1Jd_Y


Sorry but your chemist poster boy for creationism either does not understand evolution, or his bias does not allow him to see the errors and assumptions that he himself makes;

A chemist who doesn't understand evolution

''James Tour is an organic chemist. He is a Professor of Chemistry and Professor, Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, and Professor of Computer Science at Rice University (Houston, United States). James Tour is attracting a lot of attention on the Intelligent Design Creationist websites because he is sympathetic to their main claim; namely, that evolution is wrong [see A world-famous chemist tells the truth: there’s no scientist alive today who understands macroevolution].

Tour is one of the few genuine scientists who signed the Discovery Institute’s "A Scientific Dissent from Darwinism" (2001) that stated, "We are skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity of life. Careful examination of the evidence for Darwinian theory should be encouraged." (There are very,very, few biologists who signed.)''

Normally you'd have to be an expert on evolution in order to claim that all other experts are wrong. I wonder why an organic chemist thinks that he is qualified to make such a claim? It seems a bit strange, don't you think?''