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Paul Nelson

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August 29, 2014

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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Still Awaiting Full Engagement: Ralph Stearley’s "Well, Maybe, Who Knows?" Review of Darwin’s Doubt

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August 29, 2014

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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If real, design is a datum of nature, like it or not. Bad philosophies of science, like materialism, need to get out of the way. Read More ›

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Paul Nelson

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August 28, 2014

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Evolution
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Evolution Used the Same Molecular Toolkit? Common Sense from Jonathan Marks

_{Paul Nelson
August 28, 2014

Evolution

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Marks is an evolutionary biologist/anthropologist at the University of North Carolina, and an uncommonly plain speaker and writer. Read More ›

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Paul Nelson

Date
April 7, 2014

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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, Colleagues' Responses, Darwin's Doubt, science}

On Paul Nelson Day 2014: The Target Problem

_{Paul Nelson
April 7, 2014

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Thanks to P.Z. Myers's annual lampoon of me, I've thought more deeply about the relationship between development and evolution than I ever expected to do. Read More ›

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Paul Nelson

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August 27, 2013

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Evolution
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On Neo-Darwinism, Denis Noble Puts It Bluntly (and Accurately)

_{Paul Nelson
August 27, 2013

Evolution

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At Why Evolution Is True, Jerry Coyne sputters with indignation that Oxford physiologist Noble had the effrontery to criticize textbook evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Paul Nelson

Date
April 5, 2013

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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, Nature}

When Nature Resists: Explaining the Origin of the Animal Phyla

_{Paul Nelson
April 5, 2013

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Several years ago, PZ Myers inaugurated what he called "Paul Nelson Day" (April 7), his annual lampooning of me for my failure to articulate the concept of "ontogenetic depth." Read More ›

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Paul Nelson

Date
December 26, 2012

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Evolution
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, __k-review, science}

Our Top 10 Evolution-Related Stories: #7, Peer-Reviewed Science Raises Doubts about Darwin

_{Paul Nelson
December 26, 2012

Evolution

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As soon as I read the paper's abstract, my pulse quickened. Read More ›

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Paul Nelson

Date
October 23, 2012

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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, __k-review}

The Humpty-Dumpty Effect: A Revolutionary Paper with Far-Reaching Implications

_{Paul Nelson
October 23, 2012

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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A highly enriched soup of proteins and nucleic acids will never form a functional cell, even if lipid bilayer membranes were provided to help these materials become organized. Read More ›

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Paul Nelson

Date
August 28, 2012

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Evolution
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, __k-review, Critique, Mind and Cosmos, Nagel}

Coyne Disses Shapiro, but Shapiro Inspires Koonin — and Natural Selection Is the Main Issue

_{Paul Nelson
August 28, 2012

Evolution

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Although their offices are located only one block apart on the University of Chicago campus, the biological perspectives of Jerry Coyne and Jim Shapiro might as well be located in different galaxies. Read More ›

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Paul Nelson

Date
April 30, 2012

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Evolution
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, __edited, science, Views}

Naturalism Under the Microscope

_{Paul Nelson
April 30, 2012

Evolution

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Methodological naturalism -- the philosophical doctrine that scientific explanations must refer only to natural causes -- is the central and most controversial concept in all discussions of evolution, creationism, and intelligent design. Read More ›

The first butterflies fluttering over a clearing with spring flowers.

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Paul Nelson

Date
September 19, 2011

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Intelligent Design
Zoology
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Listening to Butterflies

_{Paul Nelson
September 19, 2011

Intelligent Design, Zoology

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The metamorphosis of butterflies represents "the magic of reality," in Richard Dawkins's wonderful phrase, where actual, not made-up or fictional, biology is so astonishing that its power to move us never goes away. Read More ›