@gungasnake,
since Berlinski NEVER has taken a biology or stratigrphy course, he has no appreciation for the work regarding "Deep Time" from the so-called "CambriaN eXPLOSION". tHIS "eXPLOSION" WAS merely a product of the chemistry of life wherein;
1 the cyanobacters had already overwhelmed the planet with free oxygen before the cryogenian period.
2, With excess oxygen available, Alkali oxides and CARBONATES were able to be formed into hard shells so that organisms could deposit exoskeletons and structural skeletons like in proto-fish.(most of these didn't occur until the mid-Cambrian)
This "explosion" is easily evidenced in the fossil record and the chemistry involved has been experimentally proven. The overall "explosion" hs been estimated to hve lasted between 20 and 60 million years(kind of a slow blow-up don't we think?)
Berlinski claims that hes agnostic about ANY story about the origin of life, he just doesn't like evolution (Which, he should understand IS NOT ACTUALLY a story about the origin of life)
I heard Berlinski in a talk once. He gets circular and tries to lean on math as a "proof of concept" when, actually, his concepts are what need work.