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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
September 13, 2011

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, butterflies, genes, Jerry Coyne, Metamorphosis, peer review, science}

Peer-Review and the Corruption of Science

_{Jonathan McLatchie
September 13, 2011

Intelligent Design

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I have often read papers, published in reputable journals, that I thought should not have passed through peer-review. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 30, 2011

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review}

Meyer and Nelson on a Failed Explanation for the Origin of the Genetic Code

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 30, 2011

Evolution, Life Sciences

1}

Is this the end of ID, as some commentators have suggested? Can the genetic code be constructed by virtue of undirected stereochemistry? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 22, 2011

Categories
Life Sciences
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, __k-review}

The Origin of Life: An RNA World?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 22, 2011

Life Sciences

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We have explored just a small handful of the confounding difficulties confronting the chemical origin of life. This is not a god-of-the-gaps argument, as Matzke claims. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 17, 2011

Categories
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review}

New Scientist Weighs in on the Origin of Life

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 17, 2011

Life Sciences

1}

Michael Marshall attempts to revive the fashionable (but scientifically bankrupt) scenario of an RNA world. Comments encouraged! Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 15, 2011

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review}

The Kinesin Motor: A Stunning Example of Cellular Nanotechnology

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 15, 2011

Intelligent Design

1}

Kinesin is responsible for transporting molecular cargo along microtubule tracks from one region of the cell to another. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 10, 2011

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review}

The Awe-Inspiring “Divine Beauty” of Flagellar Assembly

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 10, 2011

Intelligent Design

1}

Since there is essentially no evidence that a process as complex and sophisticated as flagellar assembly could have arisen by virtue of a mutation/selection mechanism, how can we be so sure that it did evolve in that fashion? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 13, 2011

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __edited, asexual reproduction, chromatids, complementarity, foresight, gametes, meiosis, parasites, sexual reproduction}

Sex, the Queen of Problems in Evolutionary Biology

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 13, 2011

Evolution, Life Sciences, Reproductive Science

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The origin and subsequent maintenance of sex and recombination isn't easily explained by Darwinian evolution. Why is sex a success, despite all its disadvantages? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 23, 2011

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, science}

Optimistic Optics: Scientific American Makes Bold Claims About the Origin of the Eye

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 23, 2011

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

1}

Darwinists are going to have to do a lot better than this if they want to convince us of the plausibility of their model. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 22, 2011

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review}

Revisiting Those Early Developmental Stages: A Response to PZ Myers

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 22, 2011

Evolution, Life Sciences

1}

Myers claimed that the point of his talk was that recapitulation (in its Haeckelian sense) is incorrect. But to claim that this is what I was arguing against is to fundamentally misunderstand what I wrote. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 16, 2011

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, science}

Colliding With the Pharyngula: My Encounter With PZ Myers

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 16, 2011

Evolution, Life Sciences

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PZ Myers is another example of a growing band who deliberately plough ahead with their own agenda irrespective of the conclusions suggested by the evidence. Read More ›