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Today\u2019s ID the Future<\/strong> features audio of the first in a series of YouTube videos<\/a> by Dr. James Tour<\/a> on the origin-of-life problem. Here Tour, a renowned synthetic organic chemist and professor at Rice University, explains why he is addressing the origin-of-life issue, also known as abiogenesis, and touches on some common misconceptions about the field. He says the organizing impetus for the series is a YouTube video by Dave Farina, \u201cElucidating the Agenda of James Tour: A Defense of Abiogenesis.\u201d<\/a> As Farina\u2019s title suggests, he begins his video with an ad hominem attack, seeking to discredit Tour by showing that Tour is a Christian. Tour briefly responds to this line of attack and then moves into matters scientific. There he touches on, among other issues, thermodynamics and the origin-of-life puzzle of low entropy and high energy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today\u2019s ID the Future features audio of the first in a series of YouTube videos by Dr. James Tour on the origin-of-life problem. Here Tour, a renowned synthetic organic chemist and professor at Rice University, explains why he is addressing the origin-of-life issue, also known as abiogenesis, and touches on some common misconceptions about the field. He says the organizing impetus for the series is a YouTube video by Dave Farina, \u201cElucidating the Agenda of James Tour: A Defense of Abiogenesis.\u201d As Farina\u2019s title suggests, he begins his video with an ad hominem attack, seeking to discredit Tour by showing that Tour is a Christian. Tour briefly responds to this line of attack and then moves into matters scientific. There Read More ›<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":39447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":1,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","sync_status":"","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/episodes.castos.com\/id\/IDTF-1423-JamesTour-Abiogenesis.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"403068","podmotor_episode_id":"372973","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:27:50","filesize":"18.3 mb","filesize_raw":"19215549","date_recorded":"2021-03-01","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"1423","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"full","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2696,4035,166,209,287,4034,534,3659,3313,3658,3283,3479,1137,2046,1535],"series":[7227],"speaker":[],"class_list":["post-39445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-abiogenesis","tag-ad-hominem-fallacy","tag-biochemistry","tag-brian-miller","tag-christianity","tag-dave-farina","tag-entropy","tag-high-energy","tag-james-m-tour","tag-low-entropy","tag-ool","tag-organic-chemistry","tag-origin-of-life","tag-synthetic-organic-chemistry","tag-thermodynamics","series-intelligent-design-the-future"],"acf":[],"author_names":["James Tour"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/flask-in-scientist-hand-with-lab-glassware-background-in-laboratory-science-or-chemical-research-and-development-concept-stockpack-adobe-stock-scaled.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/idthefuture-cover.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-download\/39445\/1423.mp3","player_link":"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/39445\/1423.mp3","audio_player":"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/39445\/1423.mp3<\/a><\/audio>","episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/feed\/podcast\/intelligent-design-the-future","embedCode":"

A James Tour Course on Abiogenesis: Prologue<\/a><\/blockquote>