Dave Farina vs. James Tour Debate (Are We Clueless About the Origin of Life?)

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Published 2023-05-23
After two years of thoroughly exposing James on his lies regarding origin of life research, I finally got the chance to confront him live about the subject. As everyone could have predicted, James had no interest in a good faith discussion about this topic, opting instead for shouting maniacally for the entire exchange, with some intermittent pageantry on the chalkboard. Apart from all of his past lies that I confronted him on, triggering a gold-medal winning gish gallop that did not relent until the final Q&A, below are linked some papers that prove he was lying during the debate when denying aspects of the research I was presenting. All in all it was an utterly embarrassing debacle that to James would serve only one purpose, to perpetuate the illusion that he has any clue what he's talking about and keep his science illiterate brainwashed flock on his side. Enjoy watching James squirm and crap his pants for two hours!

James thinks no one has demonstrated RNA formation on montmorillonite clay. He's a lying idiot:
www.nature.com/articles/381059a0
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12458736/
www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/4/3/318
www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/22/8/3857
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S016…

James thinks no one has ever produced a fully self-replicating ribozyme. He's a lying idiot:
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.202471099
www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S1074-5521%2804%29…
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3943892/
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.0903397106
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2652413/
www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-29113-x
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3920166/

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All Comments (21)
  • @thatscheckmate
    I love how life has evolved so much that living organisms can argue over whether or not evolution exists
  • @Hydde87
    This is exactly how I imagined an online discussion would be performed offline.
  • @nearby_emu4181
    "MISTER FARINA! YOU DIDN'T MAKE THIS RNA *WHILE YOU WERE DOING A BACKFLIP*. IT'S OVER, YOU'RE CLUELESS"
  • @Kermit_E_Frog
    Happy to see there were students that didn't automatically believe the guy with the loudest voice
  • @cjdabes
    Can we all just acknowledge how terrible the debate moderator was at moderating this debate?
  • @wannabesmithy
    Dave is the embodiment of “your boos mean nothing to me I’ve seen what makes you cheer” in this debate.
  • @DawzeyJ
    Learning that a large cohort of the audience was literally Tours church group makes this even more of an embarrassment for him and should be highlighted. Dave you’re the man.
  • @kevingalls
    As someone with almost no Chemistry knowledge this was still hella entertaining 🍿
  • @Akira-jd2zr
    This debate is what is commonly referred to as a "dumpster fire"
  • @mbclove1
    As a Christian man who grew up thinking science was created to destroy the faith in God, I'm glad I found your channel. Your videos helped me have a better understanding of how science explains our world and universe.
  • @cnacma
    It’s extremely embarrassing for Rice university that this man is a member of their faculty. Makes me question the rigors of all their education.
  • @mrjed
    them standing in front of "NOT CLUELESS" and "clueless" is like a renaissance painting
  • @IanBLacy
    “I said I’d speak to you as I would any graduate student!!” I feel really bad for his graduate students…
  • @BadBrucey
    OMG. At the start I was expecting a polite civil debate and then Dave just rips right into him. Love it. Great job.
  • @HelperUnknownGB
    “MR. FARINA!!!” Has now become iconic. Loved this debate.
  • @JonathanAwesomepants
    "I define clueless as.... Hold on, I need to log back in." Literal lol moment.
  • @petrosidius
    "I'm treating him the same way i would treat any student" Yells aggressively Guess I'm glad I didn't go to Rice.
  • @endostatica1405
    I cannot express how much I respect you as a person, as a debater, and as a teacher. Thank you.
  • @garbage1224
    I love that there's already an immediate disparity in the amount of effort allotted to creating the slideshow title cards for the debate.