Why is everyone here lying?
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
Life requires carbohydrates, nucleic acids, lipids, and proteins. What is the chemistry behind their origin? Biologists seem to think that there are well-understood prebiotic molecular mechanisms for their synthesis. They have been grossly misinformed. And no wonder: few biologists have ever synthesized a complex molecule ab initio. If they need a molecule, they purchase molecular synthesis kits, which are, of course, designed by synthetic chemists, and which feature simplistic protocols.
Polysaccharides? Their origin?
The synthetic chemists do not have a pathway.
The biologists do not have a clue.
Взято отсюда. Профессор химии James Tour известен своей чёткой и бескомпромиссной позицией по двум важным сегодня естественнонаучным вопросам: происхождения жизни и биологической эволюции. Дж. Тур — создатель нанокаров, одномолекулярных машин, способных двигаться на свету по гладким поверхностям.