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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 19, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andreas Wagner, biological complexity, convergence, evolution, evolutionary algorithms, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary processes, evolutionary theory, fitness landscapes, intelligent design, laws of nature, Ockham’s razor, preconditions, protein evolution, proteins, Rope Kojonen, science, structuralism, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), William A. Dembski}

Evolution Falsified? Rope Kojonen’s Achievement

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March 19, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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If unguided evolution can account for the eye of an eagle, does it make any sense to say that intelligent design is also needed? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 14, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, academic freedom, ACLU, Alabama, creation science, creationism, Discovery Institute, educators, Edwards v. Aguillard, Indiana, intelligent design, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, law, lawsuits, legislators, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act, Mississippi, persecution, policymakers, politicization, public education, religious beliefs, Science Education Policy, scientific theories, strengths and weaknesses, Supreme Court, Tennessee, West Virginia}

West Virginia Passes Bill Protecting Teacher Rights to Answer Student Questions on “Scientific Theories”

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March 14, 2024

Evolution, Science Education

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West Virginia joins Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Indiana, and Mississippi to become the sixth state to adopt some form of an academic freedom policy. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 20, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, bias, censorship, Galileo Affair, heliocentrism, ideas, information, intelligent design, peer review, power, publications, Research, Roman Catholic, scientific community, scientists, self-censorship, trust, truth}

PNAS Paper: “Scientific Censorship Appears to Be Increasing”

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February 20, 2024

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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The intelligent design community is well aware of the problem. One section in the paper that categorizes types of persecution sounds alarmingly familiar. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 16, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, agency, BioEssays, blueprint, Brian Miller, Bruce Alberts, Cell (journal), computers, Denis Noble, Dennis Venema, diseases, DNA, Douglas Axe, evolution, factory, genes, genomes, How Life Works, intelligent design, intrinsically disordered proteins, junk DNA, machines, Nature (journal), organisms, paradigm shift, Philip Ball, proteins, purpose, RNA genes, traits, transformers}

Denis Noble in Nature: “Time to Admit Genes Are Not the Blueprint For Life”

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February 16, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In his review, Noble comes right out and says that “Classic views of evolution should also be questioned.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 15, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, analogy, bacterial flagellum, complexity, Design Inference, evolution, evolutionary theory, gambling, initial conditions, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, jackpot, laws of nature, living systems, molecular machines, natural processes, natural selection, protein evolution, proteins, Rope Kojonen, serendipity, Stephen Dilley, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), theist on the street, universe, University of Helsinki}

Intelligently Designed Evolution? Sorry, Wrong Universe

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February 15, 2024

Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Many in the intelligent design camp have considered the possibility that the evolutionary process was designed. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 1, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, cancer, cancer cluster, Design Inference, earth, lawyer, life, multiverse, Paul Sutter, universe, Universe Today}

From Astrophysicist Paul Sutter — Multiverse Madness!

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February 1, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Scientific Reasoning

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I’ve argued that “multiverse thinking” destroys scientific logic. My argument involves a hypothetical “cancer cluster” in a town with a chemical plant. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 31, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", biopolymers, chemical evolution, DNA, Energy, evolution, information, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, lipids, living systems, molecular machines, Ohio State University, Paul Sutter, proteins, replication, RNA, self-replication, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, Universe Today, Walter Bradley}

Astrophysicist: “We Do Not Yet Know How, Where, or Why Life First Appeared”

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January 31, 2024

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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It’s good to find another scientist — with no connections to intelligent design — who sees the issue so clearly. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 12, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Dave Farina, debates, early Earth, Harvard University, James Tour, Lee Cronin, predictions, roundtable, self-driving cars}

Tour-Cronin Debate: Does Charisma Carry the Day?

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January 12, 2024

Evolution, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

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Was Tour overly aggressive at the roundtable? Having watched and then re-watched the event, I don’t think that was at all the case. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 11, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, Assembly Theory, Brian Miller, carbohydrates, Dave Farina, David Klinghoffer, debates, Discovery Institute, early Earth, enzymes, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, James Tour, Lee Cronin, lipids, nucleotides, polynucleotides, polypeptides, polysaccharides, Professor Dave, Rice University, RNA, roundtable, side chains, specified information, University of Glasgow}

Another War of Words: Jim Tour and Lee Cronin at Harvard

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January 11, 2024

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Tour didn’t shout. He didn’t call anyone an “idiot.” He never called Cronin a “bad chemist.” And Tour’s scientific challenges were entirely reasonable. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 31, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheism, Brian Miller, Caroline Parins-Fukuchia, Cédric Blais, common ancestry, discordance, Dominik Schrempf, evolution, evolutionary genomics, genus, Gergely Szöllősi, Gonzalo Giribet, Gregory W. Stull, intelligent agents, intelligent design, John M. Archibald, Juli Berwald, Michael DeGiorgio, Nature (journal), Nature Ecology & Evolution, phylogenetic studies, phylogenomics, phylogeny, pseudogenes, Queen Mary University of London, Rasmus Nielsen, Richard Buggs, Richard Dawkins, Richard H. Adams, Science and Faith in Dialogue, species, Stephen A. Smith, The Greatest Show on Earth, Todd A. Castoe, Tree of Life, UC Berkeley}

No. 2 Story of 2023: Intelligent Design Passes the Dawkins Test

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December 31, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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After it passed his challenge, will atheist evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins now embrace the theory of intelligent design? Read More ›