“Misplaced belief in the Miller-Urey experiment continues. A 2011 study of twenty-two high school textbooks found that nineteen discuss the Miller-Urey experiment as a possible explanation of the origin of life.4 I have met many people who think life began simply because lightning struck some primeval pond billions of years ago. The Disney movie Fantasia contains such a scene, set to the music of Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring.” Despite this popular perception, the Miller-Urey experiment is no longer considered good science. We”