How Valid Was The Miller-Urey Experiment? - The Atheist Experience 532

A caller(David) argues with Matt over abiogenesis and the Miller-Urey experiment. The caller makes the point that the amino acids formed from the experiment were inorganic, therefore can not be used as evidence of life forming from non-life. For more on the Miller-Urey experiment there are some good references on wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller-urey_experiment) Matt Dillahunty and Tracie Harris host this clip from The Atheist Experience #532 - http://www.atheist-experience.com

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[SephieRothe]

inorganic amino acids is an oxymoron. By definition amino acids are organic molecules.

[salamut2202]

Lol, inorganic amino acid. They were in the shape of squares with 5 sides.

[Cerenth]

Oh god this guy has no expertise in what he's talking about... He doesn't even know how to pronounce chirality or racemates. Also, they got both isomers in the experiment. We still don't know why one enantiomer was picked over another for all life. That's just what worked.

[irtehpwn09]

organic molecules are pretty much any molecules that contain carbon, thats it, carbon is abundant on the planet both in organic forms and inorganic forms. People never stop to check what organic molecules means and so become very confused. Carbon has enough stability to hold structure , every other element is too regid or too soft to hold and change structure. Thats why every lifeform is carbon based, silicon life forms are plausable but have problems and complications.

[OsyenVyeter]

easily one of the most intelligent creationists ive ever heard of, Ill give him that much...

[yuothineyesasian]

@xdassinx

I hate that fucker.

[nina1608]

the caller sounds like a giant dickhead.

[NorthForkFisherman]

@EPR89 " I could just as well say that a winged salad bowl with 31 eyes did it." BLASPHEMER! That is the FSM's greatest nemesis, the font of all evil and romain, the hidden one who clears the arteries and lowers the blood pressure, while providing all the fiber needed in a daily diet. Return to the warm bosom of marinara and meatballs (with just a touch of parmesan) and be forgiven!

[xdassinx]

Just me or did the caller sound like that douche bag Carl from PPSimmons?

[auroraman56]

Lets make this very simple and clear ... in the world of Chemistry, "organic" means "with carbon". Last time I checked, amino acids have carbon in them.

[DomeSwag]

@SephieRothe Yes.

[SephieRothe]

@DomeSwag so instead of being guilty of paradoxical claims they are merely guilty of equivocation.