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Re:Life on Earth didn’t arise as described in textbooks by Scarblac on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @09:41AM (#36862059)
In his defence, just that abiogenesis sounds impossible to him doesn't necessarily mean that he has an alternative explanation.
Re:Life on Earth didn’t arise as described in textbooks by nicoco on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @10:48AM (#36863085)
Agreed. But that sounded like creationist dog whistling to me, and I'm curious why OP doesn't want to be explicit about what he thinks. Being explicit usually leads to improving the quality of a discussion IMHO.
Re:Life on Earth didn’t arise as described in textbooks by pfdietz on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @11:53AM (#36864189)
You are exhibiting a deplorable behavior here, equating questioning of a scientific hypothesis with creationism dogwhistling.

When did asking "how do we know" become forbidden in science? Convention OoL is looking entirely too dogmatic and religious for my taste.

Re:Life on Earth didn’t arise as described in textbooks by jlparker on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @02:27PM (#36867085)
Just to respond to your first point, I don't think anyone here is "equating questioning the scientific hypothesis with creationism dogwhistling".

People are calling out Ezion for dogwhistling because of his writing style. Comments written in a glib manner, with superficial counterarguments presented as gotchas, that is suggestive of dogwhistling.