Miller-Urey experiments were inconclusive

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Contents 1 Claim 2 Source 3 Responses 4 Fallacies contained in this claim 5 References 6 Related claims 7 See Also 8 Acknowledgments

Claim

Evolutionists teach the falsehood that the Miller-Urey experiments into abiogenesis were conclusive.

Source

• Evidence presented to the Texas Education Authority by the Discovery Institute in the Texas textbooks hearing (Hagen & Morano 2004).

Responses

1. The Miller-Urey experiments were conclusive — specifically, they were conclusive evidence that amino acids can be generated by the normal operation of mundane physical laws under conditions similar to those of the pre-biotic Earth. It is hardly the fault of Miller or Urey that some 'pop-sci' writers misrepresented their experiment as proving that abiogenesis had occured, a proposition their experiment was never intended to address in the first place.
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Fallacies contained in this claim

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References

1. Hagen, L.K. & L. Morano, 2004. The Texas Textbook Wars, in Skeptic 11:1 p18-20.

Related claims

• Miller's experiments had invalid assumption of type of atmosphere
• Abiogenesis is speculative, without evidence
  • Abiogenesis has never been observed
• Evolution is baseless without a theory of abiogenesis
• Not all amino acids needed for life have been formed experimentally

See Also

Why is Creationism not a Scientific Theory?

Acknowledgments

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