Abiogenesis is impossible

[popeyespappy]

Unrelated but did you know that Craig Venter disagrees with common descent?

I heard about this, but only from the ID faction. Venter doesn't seem to want to expound on some weird remarks he made about some bacterial DNA (Mycoplasma, which is indeed a strange little family). I've heard him referred to at conferences as "Darth Venter," so I know he's a real asshole, but unless you have a better source than the ones I saw, I'd say the jury's out. The Discovery Institute does love to spin anything.

Here is the panel discussion where Venter made the comments in question. The comments in question start around the 8 minute mark. Some have interpreted his statement as he believes there are a handful of known organisms that have a genetic code sufficiently different from most know organisms to have a different origin. I am not aware of any attempts by Venter to correct that interpretation.

http://thesciencenetwork.org/programs/th...life-panel