the child is living. But where is their proof that a father can be a dead stone?  Where is their proof?  We can easily prove that life begins from life. And the original life is Kṛṣṇa. That also can be proven. But what evidence exists that a child is born of stone? They cannot actually prove that life comes from matter. They are leaving that aside for the future. [Laughter.]
Karandhara.  The scientists say that they can now formulate acids, amino acids, that are almost like one-celled living organisms. They say that because these acids so closely resemble living beings, there must be just one missing link needed before they can create life.
Śrīla Prabhupāda.  Nonsense! Missing link. I'll challenge them to their face! [Laughter.] They are missing this challenge. The missing link is this challenge to their face.
Nobel Prize for an Assis
Dr. Singh.  Some scientists hope that in the future they will be able to make babies in test tubes.
Śrīla Prabhupāda . Test tubes??
Dr. Singh.  Yes, they intend to combine male and female elements in biological laboratories.
Śrīla Prabhupāda.  If they begin with living entities, what is the purpose of the test tube? It is only a place for combination, but so is the womb. Where is the credit for the scientists if this is already being done in nature's test tube?
Karandhara.  It is already being done by nature, but when some scientist does it, people will give him the Nobel Prize.
Śrīla Prabhupāda.  Yes, that is stated in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam: śva-vid-varāhoṣṭra-kharaiḥ saṁstutaḥ puruṣaḥ paśuḥ .[4] This verse indicates that those who praise men who are like animals are no better than dogs, hogs, camels and asses. Śva means "dog,"  vid-varāha  means "stool-eating hog,"  uṣṭra  means "camel," and  khara  means "ass." If the Nobel Prize is given to a scientist who is a rascal, the men on the committee who give him that prize are no better than dogs, hogs, camels and asses. We don't accept them as human beings. One animal is praised by another animal. Where is the credit in that? If the men on the committee are no better than animals, anyone who receives the Nobel Prize in science is fool number one, because animals are praising him, not human beings.
Dr. Singh.  For some scientists, the Nobel Prize is the ultimate..
Śrīla Prabhupāda.  They are rascals. They are speaking nonsense, and because they are juggling words, others are being misled.
Brahmānanda Swami.  Nobel is the person who invented dynamite.
Śrīla Prabhupāda.  He has created great misfortune, and he has left his money for creating further misfortune. [Laughter.]
Brahmānanda Swami.  The  Gītā  says that demoniac people perform acts meant to destroy the world.
Śrīla Prabhupāda.  Yes.  Ugra-karmāṇaḥ kṣayāya jagato 'hitaḥ  (Bg. 16.9). They perform acts meant for inauspiciousness and the destruction of the world.
The Difference Between the Living and the Nonliving
[Śrīla Prabhupāda points at a dead tree with his cane.]]