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Brian Miller

Date
February 8, 2019

Categories
Evolution
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, __k-review, bats, birds, body plans, circular reasoning, Darwin Devolves, dolphins, echolocation, evolution, exaptation, feathers, fish, flippers, Hox genes, Irreducible Complexity, mammals, Michael Behe, mutations, Science (journal)}

First Review of Darwin Devolves Relies Heavily on Circular Reasoning

_{Brian Miller
February 8, 2019

Evolution

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This line of argumentation only appears compelling to those who assume from that start that the core assumptions of the standard evolutionary model are true. Read More ›

The crumbling foundation of the house. Exposed house foundation with soil erosion.

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Brian Miller

Date
December 31, 2018

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Evolution
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, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", ALX1, bacteria, cichlid fishes, citrate, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Finches, Darwinian evolution, devolution, evolution, fiber optic cables, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, genes, Human Errors, intelligent design, Lake Victoria, Michael Behe, Nathan Lents, natural selection, oxygen, Peaceful Science, Richard Lenski}

#2 of Our Top Stories of 2018: Behe’s Darwin Devolves Topples Foundational Claim of Evolution

_{Brian Miller
December 31, 2018

Evolution

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The evidence commonly cited to argue for evolution’s ability to drive large-scale transformations is almost always circular. Read More ›

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Brian Miller

Date
December 28, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, "God of the gaps", bats, behavior, body plans, censorship, Center for Science and Culture, design intuition, development, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, evolutionary theory, Galileo Galilei, genera, genetic variations, Harvard University, innovation, intelligent design, mammals, Michael Denton, philosophers, physiology, postdoc, Research, Royal Society, species, telescope, theologians, whales}

The Intelligent Design Underground and Other Reflections

_{Brian Miller
December 28, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A biologist in our network worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard. He recounted how about a quarter of the postdocs he encountered were at least sympathetic to design arguments. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 17, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, bacterial flagellum, cooption, Darwin Devolves, degradation, Douglas Axe, Drosophila, E. coli, eye, fitness landscape, Harvard University, hook, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, motor, Nicholas Matzke, propeller, proteins}

Advances in Biology Discredit Argument that Cooption Can Explain Irreducible Complexity

_{Brian Miller
December 17, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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One of most popular attempts at explaining the flagellum via cooption was developed by Nicholas Matzke. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 21, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", ALX1, bacteria, cichlid fishes, citrate, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Finches, Darwinian evolution, devolution, evolution, fiber optic cables, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, genes, Human Errors, intelligent design, Lake Victoria, Michael Behe, Nathan Lents, natural selection, oxygen, Peaceful Science, Richard Lenski}

Michael Behe’s Darwin Devolves Topples Foundational Claim of Evolutionary Theory

_{Brian Miller
November 21, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I saw that biologist Nathan Lents says that he has been asked to review Mike Behe’s new book. Read More ›

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Brian Miller

Date
October 31, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, algorithmic specified complexity, algorithms, amphibians, body plans, computers, Declaration of Independence, DNA, evolution, evolutionary fitness landscape, fish, Francis Crick, genetic code, genetic information, Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics, James Watson, Michael Polanyi, Morse code, No Free Lunch theorems, Randy Isaac, Robert J. Marks II, theistic evolution, trilobites, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Examining Randy Isaac’s Critique of Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics

_{Brian Miller
October 31, 2018

Intelligent Design

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The standard evolutionary model is incapable of driving major transformations such as a fish evolving into an amphibian. Read More ›

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Brian Miller

Date
October 30, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, American Scientific Affiliation, antibodies, bacteria, binding site, Christians, Denis Lamoureux, Dennis Venema, Didier Raoult, Discovery Institute, Donald Prothero, evolutionary theory, fruit flies, Immune System, information, insects, intelligent design, Lawrence Krauss, mammals, mollusks, nylonase, probabilistic resources, protein folds, Randy Isaac, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, Tree of Life, trees, UC Davis, whales}

Examining Critiques of Theistic Evolution, a Year After the Volume’s Publication

_{Brian Miller
October 30, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Attacks by Christian theistic evolutionists have often followed the same patterns as those of their secular colleagues. Read More ›

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Brian Miller

Date
September 28, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", "poor design", body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Marshall, Denis Lamoureux, development, embryology, engineers, evolution, fossil record, information, intelligent design, lens, materialism, theistic evolution}

Denis Lamoureux on the God-of-the-Gaps Fallacy

_{Brian Miller
September 28, 2018

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The universe is like a musical instrument that was designed to interact with its designer. Read More ›

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Brian Miller

Date
September 26, 2018

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, academics, atheism, Christianity, Darwinian evolution, deism, Denis Lamoureux, dialogue, dice, earthquake, Energy, entropy, Lawrence Krauss, nature, quantum fluctuations, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, theology}

A Deist in Christian Clothing?

_{Brian Miller
September 26, 2018

Biology, Faith & Science

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Denis Lamoureux unwittingly encourages Christians to embrace not a meaningful dialogue between faith and science but a self-imposed intellectual captivity. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 23, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physics
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, bacteria, Christianity, Darwinian, evolution, faith, finches, Finding Darwin's God, fossil record, genes, Günter Bechly, Günter Wagner, intelligent design, Kenneth Miller, materialism, Michael Behe, Research, Richard Sternberg, science, Seattle, Summer Seminars, theism, whales}

Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design Expand Students’ Intellectual Horizons

_{Brian Miller
July 23, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physics, Science Education

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A primary reason why many biologists never question the standard evolutionary model is their very limited training in mathematics. Read More ›