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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
July 6, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Science
Tagged
, ad hoc hypotheses, Darwinian theory, data, David Berlinski, fitness, genetics, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Marxism, Minnesota, Richard Lewontin, systematics, wisdom, Yiddish}

Richard Lewontin (1929-2021), Mensch

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July 6, 2021

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Science

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As I stood by the lab doorway, Lewontin — who was sitting right down front — looked back towards the door and caught my eye. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
June 30, 2021

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, biochemical systems, biosignatures, information, intelligent design, living systems, molecules, Nature Communications, organic molecules}

Just Down the Street from ID: “Molecular Assembly Index”

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June 30, 2021

Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Physics

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"The selection of one such possibility out of the combinatorically large number of possibilities is a process that requires information." Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
June 18, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
History of Science
Tagged
, creationists, evolution, Genetics and the Origin of Species (book), macroevolution, microevolution, neo-Darwinian theory, Russia, Theodosius Dobzhansky, United States, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania}

The Most Memorable Lecture I Ever Heard at the University of Chicago — Finally Published

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June 18, 2021

Biology, Evolution, History of Science

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The announced title was something like “Big Evolution and Little Evolution: The History of the Difference.” Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
June 16, 2021

Categories
Archaeology
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, crime, cryptography, inference, intelligent design, logic, medicine, paleoanthropology, William A. Dembski}

What Got My Attention about Intelligent Design

_{Paul Nelson
June 16, 2021

Archaeology, Biology, Intelligent Design

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Bill Dembski pointed out that design detection, far from being an esoteric inference, lay in fact at the center of many normal human inquiries and activities. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
May 27, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, biological origins, creationists, Darwinian evolution, English, Evolution News, evolutionary biology, John Maynard Smith, Nature (journal), neo-Darwinian theory, protein space, sequence space, Yale University}

Social Exclusion and the Evolution Debate

_{Paul Nelson
May 27, 2021

Evolution

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Social exclusion via refusal to engage is probably the most powerful and effective means of controlling the debate about origins within science. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
April 8, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Australia, Charles Marshall, codons, Darwin on Trial, Darwin's Doubt, evolutionary theory, genetic code, intelligent design, Last Universal Common Ancestor, LUCA, Michael Yarus, paleontologists, Phillip E. Johnson, protein translation, ribosomes, RNA world, Science (journal), U.C. Berkeley, University of Chicago}

Charles Marshall: Origin of Life Could Have Happened “Millions of Times”

_{Paul Nelson
April 8, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Charles Marshall at U.C. Berkeley represents establishment opinion in current evolutionary theory, and for good reason. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
February 11, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, evolution, evolutionary mechanisms, genome, Human Errors, human genome, intelligent design, Nathan Lents, open reading frame, ORfan genes, orphan genes, undirected evolution, yeast}

Human Orphan Genes — Interesting YouTube Talk Tonight by Nathan Lents

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February 11, 2021

Evolution

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A couple of years ago, Professor Lents became fascinated by orphan genes, and went looking for them in the human genome. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
February 2, 2021

Categories
Epistemology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, 'Oumuamua, atheism, Avi Loeb, Carl Sagan, Design Inference, Eric Anderson, extraterrestrial intelligence, intelligent design, natural science, natural theology, ontology, scientific method, SETI}

The Most Valuable Aspect of Avi Loeb’s Intelligent Design Case

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February 2, 2021

Epistemology, Physical Sciences

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The most valuable aspect of his case is the stimulus it provides to the question, "If non-human intelligences exist, how would we detect them?" Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
January 29, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, angiosperms, Charles Darwin, common descent, flowering plants, flowers, fossil record, Permian period, researchers}

Flowering Plants and Common Descent

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January 29, 2021

Evolution

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If this accurately reflects the argument in the primary research paper, it provides a beautiful example of common descent as axiomatically true. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
January 28, 2021

Categories
Archaeology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, 'Oumuamua, Avi Loeb, cosmic inflation, design detection, Design Inference, explanatory filter, extraterrestrial intelligence, Harvard University, Homo sapiens, intelligent design, philosophical naturalism, Principle of Mediocrity, Sean Carroll, technosignatures, William A. Dembski}

More on Avi Loeb’s Approach to Design Inferences

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January 28, 2021

Archaeology, Physical Sciences

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Loeb’s argument represents the most salient example of risky intelligent design reasoning in mainstream science. Read More ›