You cannot test for as yet unknown natural laws. Because you dont know what they are and what they predict. Its also not possible to predict unknown “flukes” when the scientists are still to establish even one process/series of steps by which the first cell came to be. You can only talk about probabilities and laws when you have a model to test.
These claims are just faith based claims.
The only factual scientific part of the discussion was about the RNA hypothesis and he was honest when dealing with it. He need not have embellished that article by referring to hoped for processes/ laws which no one knows about. Thats just the PN talking there.
Sticking to extant theories and the current state of research with synopsis of what has been done and what needs to be done would have been both educational and worthy of respect.
Edit: He could also have mentioned theories that have been ruled out. Thats also scientific progress.