{"id":39642,"date":"2021-05-24T13:58:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T20:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/?p=39642"},"modified":"2024-10-15T14:01:37","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T21:01:37","slug":"1458","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/1458\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Miller Distills the YouTube Debate between Dave Farina and James Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On today\u2019s <strong>ID the Future<\/strong>, host Eric Anderson and physicist Brian Miller, research director for Discovery Institute\u2019s Center for Science and Culture, discuss a recent debate between YouTube science educator Dave Farina and Rice University synthetic organic chemist James Tour. Tour has argued that no one\u2014not even the most elite of origin-of-life scientists&#8211;has a clue how life could have arisen through blind natural forces on the early earth. Farina created <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SixyZ7DkSjA\" target=\"_blank\">a YouTube response<\/a> on his channel arguing that Tour is wrong and that origin-of-life researchers are well on their way to solving the mystery of life\u2019s origin. Tour then responded in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/71dqAFUb-v0\" target=\"_blank\">his own YouTube video series<\/a>. Now Miller and Anderson boil it all down and argue that Tour is right and Farina wrong on multiple levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On today\u2019s ID the Future, host Eric Anderson and physicist Brian Miller, research director for Discovery Institute\u2019s Center for Science and Culture, discuss a recent debate between YouTube science educator Dave Farina and Rice University synthetic organic chemist James Tour. Tour has argued that no one\u2014not even the most elite of origin-of-life scientists&#8211;has a clue how life could have arisen through blind natural forces on the early earth. Farina created a YouTube response on his channel arguing that Tour is wrong and that origin-of-life researchers are well on their way to solving the mystery of life\u2019s origin. Tour then responded in his own YouTube video series. Now Miller and Anderson boil it all down and argue that Tour is right<a class=\"ellipsis article-more\" href=\"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/1458\/\"><span> Read More &rsaquo;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":39644,"comment_status":"closed","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":"synced","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/episodes.castos.com\/id\/IDTF-1458-BrianMiller-Tour-vs-Farina.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"487226","podmotor_episode_id":"456692","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:18:19","filesize":"12.9 mb","filesize_raw":"13498152","date_recorded":"2021-05-24","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"1458","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"full","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2696,209,4243,275,4034,496,534,4241,2330,1068,1137,4206,4242,1739,1280,1356,2046,2297],"series":[7227],"speaker":[],"class_list":["post-39642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-abiogenesis","tag-brian-miller","tag-building-blocks-of-life","tag-chemical-evolution","tag-dave-farina","tag-duke-university","tag-entropy","tag-james-tour","tag-mit","tag-natural-selection","tag-origin-of-life","tag-prebiotic-chemistry","tag-professor-dave","tag-rice-university","tag-richard-dawkins","tag-self-organization","tag-synthetic-organic-chemistry","tag-the-blind-watchmaker","series-intelligent-design-the-future"],"acf":[],"author_names":["Brian Miller"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/05\/boxing-gloves-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\/39642\/1458.mp3","player_link":"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/39642\/1458.mp3","audio_player":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-39642-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/39642\/1458.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/39642\/1458.mp3\">https:\/\/op3.dev\/e\/idthefuture.com\/podcast-player\/39642\/1458.mp3<\/a><\/audio>","episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/feed\/podcast\/intelligent-design-the-future","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"eTHktgdozE\"><a href=\"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/1458\/\">Brian Miller Distills the YouTube Debate between Dave Farina and James Tour<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/1458\/embed\/#?secret=eTHktgdozE\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Brian Miller Distills the YouTube Debate between Dave Farina and James Tour&#8221; &#8212; ID the Future\" data-secret=\"eTHktgdozE\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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