Jim Tour: Darwin's Deception!? (#278)

James (Jim) Tour is a renowned chemist and nanotechnologist and is the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, Comp. Sci., Materials Science & NanoEngineering, at Rice University in Houston, Texas. He conducts research at the Smalley-Curl Institute & NanoCarbon Center. Dr. Tour has been the source of many well-publicized debates on and offline, including with Prof. Lee Cronin: Are we close to discovering the Origin Of Life? James Tour vs Lee Cronin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DHvN... Tour's research has been the subject of a video by Dave Farina, a YouTuber, arguing that Tour is wrong and that origin-of-life researchers are well on their way to solving the mystery of life’s origin: Elucidating the Agenda of James Tour: A Defense of Abiogenesis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SixyZ... Tour responded to @professordaveexplains) in his own 13 episode YouTube video series: A Course on Abiogenesis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71dqA... www.jmtour.com http://www.drjamestour.com/ www.youtube.com/drjamestour twitter.com/drjamestour Dr. Tour's Lecture on the "False Science" Behind Origin of Life Research: https://youtu.be/v36_v4hsB-Y Dr Tour's Graphene Company: www.universalmatter.com 00:00:00 Advice for Young Scientists 00:02:06 What is the influence of a scientist’s theology on research? 00:03:29 Do you give any serious consideration to the notion that Aliens created life on earth? 00:07:16 What is the most complex thing scientists have made? Hint: not frogs, not Craig Venter’s synthetic cell. 00:11:39 What are the arguments against an intelligent designer for the origin of life? 00:15:00 Why is humanity the standard for the origin of life? What is the prospect of alien life? 00:18:45 Do you ever doubt your faith? 00:21:00 Is there a scientific argument for God and your faith in Jesus Christ? 00:23:45 What is the mechanism for an intelligent designer (i.e. God) for doing the work of creation? Is the hand of God always at work? 00:30:02 What conclusions can you make from the fact that we have yet to observe any life elsewhere in the universe? What if life on earth originated from elsewhere? 00:31:30 What aspect of your work excites you the most? 00:33:00 What advice would you give aspiring scientists? 00:35:30 What would you put on your timeless monument? Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH... 📺 Watch my most popular videos:📺 Lawrence Krauss, Militant Atheist https://youtu.be/mumFmyJtfNo Stephen C. Meyer, Return of the God Hypothesis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zvrw... Neil Turok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt5cF... www.jmtour.com www.drjamestour.com www.youtube.com/drjamestour twitter.com/drjamestour Dr. Tour's Lecture on the "False Science" Behind Origin of Life Research: https://youtu.be/v36_v4hsB-Y His Graphene Company: www.universalmatter.com Connect with me: 🏄‍♂️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/DrBrianKeating  🔔 Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Join my mailing list; just click here http://briankeating.com/list ✍️ Detailed Blog posts here: https://briankeating.com/blog.php 🎙️ Listen on audio-only platforms: https://briankeating.com/podcast Can you do me a favor? Please leave a rating and review of my Podcast:  🎧 On Apple devices, click here, https://apple.co/39UaHlB scroll down to the ratings and leave a 5 star rating and review The INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Podcast. 🎙️On Spotify it’s here: https://open.spotify.com/show/2G3PRMUhxGQkyQzLiiCqlf?si=8656119458df4555 🎧 On Audible it’s here : https://www.audible.com/pd/Into-the-Impossible-With-Brian-Keating-Podcast/B08K56PXJX?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp&shareTest=TestShar Other ways to rate here: https://briankeating.com/podcast-  Support the podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating  or become a Member on YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw/join Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices