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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
June 14, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, eukaryotic cells, evolution, function, genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, Laurence Moran, mice, phenotype, proteins, ribosomes, Royal Society, University of Toronto, Wikipedia}

Why Knockouts and Deletions Are Insufficient for Inferring Function — The Mystery of Cell “Vaults”

_{Paul Nelson
June 14, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The other day, UPS brought me a copy of Larry Moran’s new book. Moran is a well-known opponent of intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
March 31, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Social Sciences
Tagged
, agency, computer science, economy, ecosystems, evolution, innovation, intelligent design, naturalism, ontology, scholars, scientific knowledge, Siberia, teleology}

Dangerous Skating: Kauffman, Jaeger, and Roli on the Need for a New Teleology

_{Paul Nelson
March 31, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science, Social Sciences

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Openly breaking with naturalism can get one dispatched to the gulag of intelligent design. For most scholars, that is a one-way trip to academic Siberia. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
March 30, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, aliens, astronomers, atheism, Avi Loeb, evidence, Harvard University, intelligent causation, intelligent design, Jonah Goldberg, methodological naturalism, rocks, science stopper, Twitter}

Avi Loeb Bumps Up Against Methodological Naturalism

_{Paul Nelson
March 30, 2023

Astronomy, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Planetology

2}

Jonah Goldberg talked with Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb about “Oumuamua, Alien Life & Fighting the Mainstream Science Community.” Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
March 22, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, disease, DNA, eLife, evolution, function, human genome, humans, intelligent design, junk DNA, loss-of-function mutations, pathology, repetitive elements, Research, Short Tandem Repeats}

More Jobs for “Junk” DNA (Cont.)

_{Paul Nelson
March 22, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

2}

If “junk” DNA goes toxic, does that suggest it had an original normal function? See the conclusion of this new paper. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
March 15, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chromatin, embryogenesis, embryos, junk DNA, mice, Nature Genetics, ontogeny, The Myth of Junk DNA, transcription, transcriptome}

More Jobs for “Junk” DNA

_{Paul Nelson
March 15, 2023

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

1}

It turns out the mouse endogenous retrovirus L (MERVL) is essential for embryogenesis, according to a recently published article. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
March 15, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, genetic mutations, intelligent design, Nature Genetics, propositions}

Mapping the Pleiotropic Network of Human Cells

_{Paul Nelson
March 15, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

1}

Genes and proteins are remarkably similar to natural-language words in a polyfunctional respect. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
March 8, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Florida, Homer, intelligent design, naturalists, Travel}

Postcard from Florida: When Tortoises Joust

_{Paul Nelson
March 8, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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This fellow was peacefully grazing by himself, unlike his pugilistic cousins nearby. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
March 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Adam Frank, Arthropoda, biosphere, eukaryotes, evolution, intelligent life, Jacques Monod, life, probability, Richard Dawkins, The Design Inference, Tree of Life, universal common descent, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

A Good Example of Evolutionary Use of Extremely Small Probability Singularities

_{Paul Nelson
March 6, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

3}

How can you be certain, for instance, that you, horned lizards, and brook trout share a common chordate ancestor? Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
February 21, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, acorn worms, anus, Biological Reviews, chordates, echinoderms, embryology, evolution, gills, Harvard University, mouth, phylogeny, sea urchins, Smithsonian Institution, University of Oklahoma, worms}

A Remarkably Candid Statement About an Unsolved Evolutionary Puzzle

_{Paul Nelson
February 21, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

3}

According to current systematic theory, everyone reading this right now belongs to the taxonomic category Deuterostomia. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
February 6, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Columbia University, David Kipping, design detection, Illinois, intelligence, intelligent causation, intelligent design, Lex Fridman, universe}

Watch: Here Are Several Minutes of Design-Detection Brainstorming with Lex Fridman

_{Paul Nelson
February 6, 2023

Astronomy, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

3}

I’ve never heard such a concise account of the principal methodological difficulties of inferring an unconstrained intelligence as a TESTABLE cause. Read More ›