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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 22, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, author, bacteria, bacterial flagellum, Brian Miller, co-option, coordination, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Emily Reeves, evolution, evolutionary models, H. Allen Orr, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, Nicholas Matzke, proteins, Rope Kojonen, Stephen Dilley, T3SS, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series)}

Co-Option and Protein Homology Don’t Explain the Evolution of the Flagellum

_{Casey Luskin
December 22, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Rope Kojonen wants to join “design and evolution,” but only by setting aside some of the main features of the flagellum. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 8, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, beauty, Brian Miller, co-option, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian evolution, Emily Reeves, evolution, exaptation, hammer, Howard Berg, intelligent agency, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, mousetrap, natural selection, proteins, Religions (journal), Rope Kojonen, serendipity, Stephen Dilley, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series)}

Want to Harmonize Evolution and Design? Consider the Bacterial Flagellum

_{Casey Luskin
December 8, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I hope it’s clear that Kojonen’s effort to harmonize evolution and design (as he envisions it) is not so easy in the case of the bacterial flagellum. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
November 17, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagella, biological systems, Brown University, complexity, Conservation of Information, Darwin's Black Box, Douglas Axe, epilogue, evolution, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, Kenneth Miller, Michael Behe, natural selection, No Free Lunch, random variation, Richard Dawkins, The Design Inference}

An Argument from Ignorance?

_{William A. Dembski and Winston Ewert
November 17, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Richard Dawkins, better than anyone, has publicly championed the dogma that Darwinian pathways can and must always exist for any biological system. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 14, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biological information, cells, Charles Darwin, complex systems, consciousness, Darwin's Black Box, decision, evolution, humans, ID the Future, information, intelligent design, life, Michael Behe, microscopes, On the Origin of Species, podcast, Secrets of the Cell}

Secrets of the Cell — Behind the Scenes with Michael Behe

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 14, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Imagine if Charles Darwin could have peered into one of today’s high-powered microscopes and seen the complexity and function in even the simplest living cells. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
October 9, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, ATP, barnacles, Caenorhabditis elegans, Darwin's Black Box, evolution, fertilization, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jackson Wheat, Michael Behe, microtubules, middle piece, mitochondria, molecular machines, Nick Matzke, purifying selection, roundworm, sperm cells}

How NOT to Argue Against Irreducible Complexity

_{Jonathan McLatchie
October 9, 2023

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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This roundworm produces non-flagellated sperm, though these sperm cells are amoeboid, meaning that they move by extending and retracting protrusions. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
September 26, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Alfred Russel Wallace: A Rediscovered Life, Charles Darwin, Darwin Day in America, Darwin on Trial, Darwin's Black Box, Discovery Institute Press, history, intelligent design, John West, Michael Behe, natural selection, Phillip E. Johnson, teleology, The World of Life, Traipsing Into Evolution, University of Alabama, William Dembksi}

How I “Discovered” Alfred Russel Wallace

_{Michael Flannery
September 26, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I certainly wouldn’t have recognized his full significance if I had not already been introduced to ID by reading Johnson, Behe, and Dembski. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 24, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bleeding, blood-clotting cascade, Darwin's Black Box, death, fibrinogen, fish, irreducibly complex systems, mammals, Michael Behe, neo-Darwinian theory, pregnancy, purifying selection, Russell Doolittle, vertebrates}

Why the Blood Clotting Cascade Challenges Evolution

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 24, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The coagulation cascade cannot evolve unless there is simultaneously a mechanism in hand for controlling it. Both would have to arise at the same time. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 23, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blood-clotting cascade, Center for Science and Culture, circulatory system, Darwin's Black Box, enzymes, evolution, fibrinogen, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, Michael Behe, Retraction Crisis, unguided processes}

The Incredible Design of Vertebrate Blood Clotting

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 23, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Recently, a commenter on the Center for Science and Culture’s Facebook page asked about a paper by the late biochemist Russell F. Doolittle. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 22, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, Bayes factor, Center for Science and Culture, citrate, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Dave Farina, Discovery Institute, eggs, embryos, Escherichia coli, evolution, goal-directedness, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, James Tour, likelihood, lizards, metabolites, Michael Behe, natural processes, Rice University, Scott Minnich, The Edge of Evolution, University of Idaho}

Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Irreducible Complexity

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 22, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The first exhibit is Lenski’s long-term evolution experiment, in which, after some 33,000 generations, bacterial cells evolved the ability to grow on citrate. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
May 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
Psychology
Tagged
, abiogenesis, atheism, character, Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, empirical evidence, evolution, evolutionists, intelligent design, James Tour, Jerry Coyne, Michael Behe, Mona Lisa, personality, Professor Dave, Professor Dave Explains, Rice University, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris}

“Professor Dave” and the Art of Projection

_{Robert Shedinger
May 24, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life, Psychology

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If I ever get asked to write a chapter on projection for a psychology textbook, Dave Farina’s outrageously disrespectful performance will be exhibit A. Read More ›