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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
January 25, 2021

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chromosome, design triangulation, DNA, Francis Crick, James Watson, Nature (journal), topoisomerases}

A Beautifully Illustrated Open Access Review Article on DNA Topoisomerases

_{Paul Nelson
January 25, 2021

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Crick and Watson realized, very early on, that the winding double helix of DNA would cause all kinds of nasty tangles. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
December 1, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Geology
Tagged
, anti-science, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, evolution, fossil record, intelligent design, Michigan State University, paleontology, rocks}

Ixnay on the Ambriancay Plosionexhay

_{Paul Nelson
December 1, 2020

Evolution, Geology

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Shhh — don’t say it. The geological event, well, not “event,” as in something that happened about 541 million years ago...we don’t talk that way anymore. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
November 30, 2020

Categories
Philosophy of Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, dark energy, dark matter, Lex Fridman, phylogenetics, Ptolemaic system, systematics, UC Berkeley}

“Our 20th- and 21st-Century Ptolemaic Epicycles”?

_{Paul Nelson
November 30, 2020

Philosophy of Science, Physical Sciences, Physics

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I am fascinated by the philosophy of science parallels to similar moves in molecular phylogenetics and systematics. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
November 25, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, aliens, Alpha Centauri, black swallowtail, Every Life Is on Fire, Francis Crick, Immanuel Kant, Jeremy England, Johann Sebastian Bach, Lego blocks, Naturalistic Parabola, nematodes, Niels Bohr, puzzles, René Descartes, Richard Dawkins, Science (journal), Thanksgiving, William Blake}

Design Triangulation: My Thanksgiving Gift to All

_{Paul Nelson
November 25, 2020

Intelligent Design, Mathematics

1}

Hey — wanna see a talk that combines the following. Black swallowtail butterflies, William Harvey, snarky robotic aliens from Alpha Centauri, and more. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
October 6, 2020

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, Darwin on Trial, David Berlinski, evolution, Instagram, intelligent design, Islam, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Michael Ruse, Neo-Darwinism, Pittsburgh, Richard Dawkins, The College Fix, Trinity College Dublin}

Free Speech for Richard Dawkins? Absolutely!

_{Paul Nelson
October 6, 2020

Scientific Freedom

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In 1987, a harmless graduate student who wanted to take on the dreadful giant neo-Darwinism might be an entertaining spectacle. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
September 18, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Calvin College, Christianity, complex systems, design triangulation, Discovery Institute, evolutionary biology, Hamlet, intelligent design, macroevolution, Michael Lynch, natural selection, naturalism, Naturalistic Parabola, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminar, Wayne State University, William A. Dembski}

Reform It Altogether — More on the Naturalistic Parabola

_{Paul Nelson
September 18, 2020

Biology, Evolution

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I’ve fussed about this point for a long time. And Discovery Institute colleagues have occasionally chided me for my obsession. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
September 10, 2020

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Colorado, design triangulation, Discovery Institute, intelligent design, Science & Culture Network, webinar}

Webinar: The Promise of Design Triangulation

_{Paul Nelson
September 10, 2020

Biology, Intelligent Design

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For the past few years, I have been telling myself, and students, “Conceive of design as a scientific theory as if Charles Darwin had never lived.” Read More ›

The Temptation of Adam by Jacopo Tintoretto

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
September 2, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, agnostics, atheism, Charles Darwin, Christianity, common ancestry, evolution, Homo sapiens, intelligent design, James Tour, Jerry Coyne, mainstream science, Michael Behe, Richard Buggs, Richard Dawkins, S. Joshua Swamidass, Sapientia, Sean McDowell, Stephen Meyer, Templeton Prize, The Genealogical Adam and Eve, Venn diagram, Walter Bradley}

On the Swamidass Hypothesis — The Cheese Stands Alone

_{Paul Nelson
September 2, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We have a lonely hypothesis standing by itself in the center of the room, which no one, including its author, will own as true. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
August 7, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amniotes, evolution, genome, living fossils, Nature (journal), New Zealand, vertebrates}

“Living Fossil”? Maybe. Tuatara Genome Is Now Sequenced and Published

_{Paul Nelson
August 7, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The tuatara genome is 5GB, making it enormous relative to other vertebrates — and full of surprises. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
June 17, 2020

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, cell phone, evolutionists, geometry, hydrolysis, intelligent design, methodological naturalism, National Academy of Sciences, Naturalistic Parabola, On the Origin of Species, paradigm, proteins, San Francisco, Sisyphus, Thomas Kuhn}

Trapped in the Naturalistic Parabola

_{Paul Nelson
June 17, 2020

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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You may have noticed a strange loop which arises spontaneously in many sectors of the intelligent design debate. Read More ›