The Soup God anyone?

Who could ever accuse Stuart Kauffman of atheism? In his creation scenario where chemicals self organise into cells, as a water droplet finds its spherical shape, internal forces are at work. Compounds begat compounds, until a quorum of compounds with catalytic action took over, an autocatalytic set was formed and creation took off big time. This is where the soup thickens, and gets too complicated for most voters. But mercifully Stu boils it down for them by saying all we need is to assume 1 or 2% of the compounds are catalysts and the whole thing ferments on its own. We don't even have to name any individual components, just do the math! The same process of self-organization is happening on the macro scale in human society.

Stu's explanations are elegant and for some, esoteric, while his writing style has reviewers divided. So how are we going to popularize his ideas to reach type A personalities and the Bible Belt voter? Stu's book At Home in the Universe is meant to be a popularization of his earlier work The Origins of Order. One thing comes through: Stu is a believer. But being clever is a lonesome business. What we need to do is figure out how we can sell the Soup God to the mathematically challenged. A hard road lies ahead.