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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
August 3, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, baby, birth, blood, circulatory system, David Galloway, fetus, heart, intelligent design, lungs, physiology, placenta, uterus}

The Genius of the Fetal Circulatory System

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 3, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Last week, my wife and I welcomed our first child into the world. It is difficult to imagine a more profound testimony to design. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 25, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, bacteria, bacterial cell division, cell wall, evolution, foresight, glycosyltransferases, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, natural selection, penicillin, peptides, self-replication}

Irreducibly Complex, Bacterial Cell Wall Manufacture Is an Evolutionary Enigma

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 25, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Evolutionary processes cannot select for some future utility that is only realized after passing through a maladaptive intermediate. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheism, chloroquine, confirmation bias, crickets, Dave Farina, debates, evolution, flagellum, Google, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Jonathan McLatchie, malaria, Michael Behe, Professor Dave Explains, proteins, Pseudomonas fluorescens, science educators, The Edge of Evolution, Twitter, YouTube videos, YouTubers}

My “Debate” with Professor Dave

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 6, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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On Twitter, Dr. McLatchie took some time to engage in an exchange with Farina, which reflects the quality of the latter’s thinking, such as it is. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 3, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, antibodies, ATP, cilia, egg, enzymes, evolution, flagellum, foresight, head, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, middle piece, seminal fluid, sperm cells}

The Design of the Seminal Fluid and Sperm Capacitation

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 3, 2023

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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There is no cause in the universe that is known to have such a capacity of foresight other than intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 30, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, calcium ions, cervix, DNA, egg cell, fertilization, flagellum, foresight, Harvard University, human reproduction, infant, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, middle piece, mitochondria, ovum, seminal fluid, sperm cells, teleology, uterus, zygote}

On the Irreducible Complexity of Sperm Cells

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 30, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Human reproduction is perhaps the quintessential example of teleology in biology. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 28, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptive mutations, Africa, Darwin Devolves, Dave Farina, de novo genes, evolution, evolutionary change, evolutionary theory, François Jacob, genes, hemoglobin, intelligent design, Long Term Evolution Experiment, malaria, Michael Behe, Nathan Lents, New York City, non-coding DNA, Professor Dave Explains, Richard Lenski, The Edge of Evolution, YouTubers}

Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Darwin Devolves

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 28, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Despite Mr. Farina’s smug condescension and patronizing demeanor, he fails to mount a credible critique of Dr. Behe’s thesis. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 27, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, chloroquine, chloroquine resistance, Darwin Devolves, drugs, evolution, evolutionary processes, fitness landscape, genotype, HIV, intelligent design, Michael Behe, mutations, phenotype, Plasmodium falciparum, Professor Dave, proteins, The Edge of Evolution, YouTubers}

Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: The Edge of Evolution

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 27, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I wonder whether Farina has in fact read Behe’s book for himself, or whether he is relying upon others, such as Nathan Lents. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 26, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, cell membrane, Dave Farina, David Snoke, drive shaft, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, machine, machinery, Michael Behe, microorganisms, mutation rate, natural selection, outboard motor, population size, Professor Dave, protein science, proteins, Pseudomonas fluorescens, terminology, The Scientist, YouTubers}

Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Bacterial Flagella

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 26, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The video complains about Behe’s “usage of terminology pertaining to machinery.” Is Farina going to charge the entire flagella community with dishonesty? Read More ›