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Episode 13/13: Summary & Projections // A Course on Abiogenesis by Dr. James Tour
In this final episode, Dr. James Tour briefs on each episode in this unparalleled series on the origin of life and shares a few thoughts on the field. After reviewing life's requirements, Dr. Tour talks about what the public perceives on abiogenesis, much of which originates from hyperbole from the press and researchers themselves. Dr. Tour then turns to the problem that plagues biomolecular building blocks—homochirality—before reviewing each episode dedicated to the four classes of life's molecules: carbohydrates, peptides, nucleotides, and lipids. After outlining syntheses and prebiotic relevance problems, Dr. Tour then turns to the amazing efficiencies we find with chiral-induced spin selectivity in cellular life, and he then reviews cellular construction and the assembly problem. He makes clear: scientists remain clueless on the origin of life, as abiogenesis as proposed by naturalistic terms today does not work. Dr. Tour concludes the series by introducing a list of fundamental problems as better targets for origin of life research.
Dr. Tour would like to thank everyone for watching this series. Please share with your friends, family, and scientific colleagues.
Video Index:
00:00 - Introduction
00:38 - Ep 0 - Reasons
01:20 - Ep 1 - Introduction to Abiogenesis
02:51 - Ep 2 - Primordial Soup
03:44 - Ep 3 - Hype
04:14 - Ep 4 - Homochirality
05:15 - Ep 5 - Carbohydrates
07:25 - Ep 6 - Building Blocks of Building Blocks
07:33 - Ep 7 - Peptides
09:08 - Ep 8 - Nucleotides
10:38 - Ep 10 - Lipids
13:14 - Ep 11 - Chiral-induced Spin Selectivity
14:19 - Eps 12.1 & 12.2 - Cell Construction & Assembly Problem
20:40 - Projections
28:24 - Thank You and What's Next
Links in this Series | Addressing Abiogenesis & Common Misconceptions
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Series Trailer: https://youtu.be/N-RvMStTkx4
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0 - Reasons for this Series: https://youtu.be/71dqAFUb-v0
1 - Introduction to Abiogenesis: https://youtu.be/NqoVxwdWWpg
2 - Primordial Soup: https://youtu.be/tNbl-g8QoAg
3 - Hype: https://youtu.be/Q6b76XQQN00
4 - Homochirality: https://youtu.be/tqbpd3CmBgE
5 - Carbohydrates: https://youtu.be/rdqd_EvpsZM
6 - Building Blocks of Building Blocks: https://youtu.be/rdqd_EvpsZM
7 - Peptides: https://youtu.be/0Hv6KjB0j8Y
8 - Nucleotides: https://youtu.be/CYiguQYCSio
9 - Intermediate Summary & a Call to Colleagues: https://youtu.be/ImPxfmKrmoY
10 - Lipids: https://youtu.be/QTQd5Ifqv2g
11 - Chiral-induced Spin Selectivity: https://youtu.be/VKEZSfuMgL0
12.1 - Cell Construction & The Assembly Problem, Part 1: https://youtu.be/IaJo5jWs_6k
12.2 - Cell Construction & The Assembly Problem, Part 2: https://youtu.be/fDayvhch_W4
13 - Summary & Projections: https://youtu.be/71GTCHkId6M
Dr. Brian Miller–"Thermodynamics and Origin of Life":
https://youtu.be/RJeUH7IhQHo
Unbelievable?–"Can chemistry solve the origin of life? Perry Marshall, Denis Noble and Lee Cronin":
https://youtu.be/Njuso5A2jts
Chromosome and Kinetochore by wehi.edu.au:
https://youtu.be/0JpOJ4F4984
Link to the cited video ("Elucidating the Agenda of James Tour: A Defense of Abiogenesis") can be found in the video description of Episode 0 - "Reasons for this Series" here: https://youtu.be/71dqAFUb-v0
The passionate thumbnail for this video uses a still frame image taken from Dr. Tour's video on Flash Graphene when he says "any" in the phrase "any carbon source" at 0:12: https://youtu.be/hhN5I_ocLSU
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