“You brought up Crick as an appeal to authority.”
I quoted Crick because he is recognized by *your* side as an authority. Are you saying that he is not an authority? If not, then why do you care how he did or did not revise what he had written in his book?
Oh, by the way, the link you provided that supposedly showed Crick retracting his quote did no such thing. He said that he had “rethought” certain things, but it did *not* say that he retracted the passage that I quoted.
Nice try though. Let me know if you ever find evidence that he retracted it.
As for the probability computations, get Hoyle’s book The Intelligent Universe — and try to educate yourself on the basics of the probabilities involved in the origin of life by purely naturalistic mechanisms.
You can also check out chapter 11, The Enigma of Life’s Origin, in Michael Denton’s book Evolution: A Theory in Crisis. Sorry, but I don’t have time to tutor you now.
You used him to support your position; therefore, he is your authority. And your authority contradicts your position, unless you dishonestly leave out his later admission that he was wrong.
You can also check out chapter 11, The Enigma of Life’s Origin, in Michael Denton’s book Evolution: A Theory in Crisis. Sorry, but I don’t have time to tutor you now.
Ah, more Discovery Institute propaganda (Denton was a senior fellow, but he's since tried to cleans his ties with the DI, and therefore his work). No need to tutor, the book was resoundingly trashed except by creationists. One review said that Denton "is obviously incompetent, dishonest, or both — and it may be very hard to decide which is the case."