[Editor: BTW, "Macroevolution" read as "Darwinian Evolution"]
Professor
James M. Tour is one of the ten most cited chemists in the world. He is
famous for his work on nanocars (pictured above, courtesy of
Wikipedia), nanoelectronics, graphene nanostructures, carbon nanovectors
in medicine, and green carbon research for enhanced oil recovery and
environmentally friendly oil and gas extraction. He is currently a
Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Computer Science, and Professor of
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Rice University. He has
authored or co-authored 489 scientific publications and his name is on
36 patents. Although he does not regard himself as an Intelligent Design
theorist, Professor Tour, along with over 700 other scientists, took
the courageous step back in 2001 of signing the Discovery Institute’s “A Scientific Dissent from Darwinism”,
which read: “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.”
On Professor Tour’s Website, there’s a very revealing article on evolution and creation, in which Tour bluntly states that he does not understand how macroevolution could have happened, from a chemical standpoint (all bold emphases below are mine – VJT):
On Professor Tour’s Website, there’s a very revealing article on evolution and creation, in which Tour bluntly states that he does not understand how macroevolution could have happened, from a chemical standpoint (all bold emphases below are mine – VJT):
Although most scientists leave few stones unturned in their quest to discern mechanisms before wholeheartedly accepting them, when it comes to the often gross extrapolations between observations and conclusions on macroevolution, scientists, it seems to me, permit unhealthy leeway. When hearing such extrapolations in the academy, when will we cry out, “The emperor has no clothes!”?
…I simply do not understand, chemically, how macroevolution could have happened. Hence, am I not free to join the ranks of the skeptical and to sign such a statement without reprisals from those that disagree with me? … Does anyone understand the chemical details behind macroevolution? If so, I would like to sit with that person and be taught, so I invite them to meet with me.
