Have I not written to you excellent things of counsel and knowledge,
that I may make you know the certainty of the words of truth, that you
may answer words of truth to those who send to you?
Proverbs 22:20-21
Once in awhile,
their deliberations are released in print where investigators can see
what is really going on.
It’s not that any of them are ready to junk the
theory. They remain true believers, assuring themselves of eventual
success. But the problems are ugly, nothing like what the public hears.
Around 2007, I heard Dr Steven Benner at JPL admit to a group of
scientists and other employees that the problems in his field are so
vexing, it was almost enough to make one become a creationist. The
audience chuckled nervously. Such an admission must never be heard by
the public.
---Benner listed problem after problem:
chirality,
genetic
takeovers,
accumulations of tar,
and the difficulty of making ribose.
---When Benner is on camera, however, he smiles and talks about all the
progress they’re making." CEH
