I cannot imagine standing in front of a crowd of cheering, laughing people and calling out “PETER IS LYING TO YOU!”, and doing it just once would not somehow make it ok.
I am highly sympathetic to Tour’s arguments. This might call some negative attention to me, but based on the current evidence I have seen (I admit that I am not an avid reader in OOL research), I think the divine creation of the first cells is a better explanation. I reserve the right to change my mind as this research progresses, but that’s the way I see it. I am not criticizing Tour for his opinions, since I share most of them, but I am definitely criticizing him for the way he conducted himself in that video. I attended a talk of his this past December (and talked about it here) in front of a VERY different audience and his behavior was quite different for these two talks.