Why I Don’t Believe Something Just Because a Scientist Says It
Francis Crick by all accounts was a veritable genius and should be regarded as such. Crick and his partner James Watson are responsible for discovering the structure of the DNA molecule. Obviously, this finding was revolutionary, earning both of them the Nobel Prize and having tremendous impact in the future of genetics and medicine. And while it’s important to remember a man in light of his accomplishments it also behooves us to look at his failures to recognize that he – like the rest of us – was not without his shortcomings. Later in his life when the weight of his prior accomplishments caused him to be regarded as an expert – if not the foremost authority – on DNA and living cells in general, he both spoke at conferences and published papers about how he thought the first living cell came about. He postulated that the first living cell was so complex that it had to have come about through a process known as “Directed Panspermia”. Directed Panspermia. Sounds pretty sophis