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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
May 30, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, Asa Gray, bacteria, cancer, cells, chance, Charles Darwin, evolution, genes, Harvard University, Michael Denton, microbes, Modern Synthesis, mutagenesis, mutations, neo-Darwinian theory, organisms, PLoS Genetics, wind}

PLOS Genetics Asks: “What Is a Mutation?”

_{Paul Nelson
May 30, 2019

Evolution

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What if there is genuine directionality in mutation? An important paper addresses the subject. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
May 14, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __cedited, Ben Stein, conservatives, Darwin Devolves, evolution, Expelled (movie), fear, Michael Behe, National Review, nature, Razib Khan, Western civilization}

I Don’t “Fear” Evolution

_{Paul Nelson
May 14, 2019

Evolution, Science Reporting

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Khan’s unspoken corollary: anyone who expresses skepticism about evolution is an enemy of civilization. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
November 18, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, Darwin's Black Box, DNA, evolution, intelligent design, Michael Behe, offspring, The Quarterly Review of Biology}

Behe’s Darwin Devolves: Deep and Broad Implications for Biology

_{Paul Nelson
November 18, 2018

Biology, Evolution

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A few days ago, UPS delivered the bound galleys of Mike Behe’s new book. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
November 2, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, Ann Gauger, Asa Gray, Associated Press, common descent, intelligent design, LUCA, Michael Behe, Mount Everest, topology, universal common descent}

Intelligent Design, Common Descent, and an Ascent of Mount Everest

_{Paul Nelson
November 2, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Did four-year-old Angela climb Everest by herself? No way. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
October 29, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, adaptation, Bret Weinstein, Chicago, Darwinian theory, Evergreen State College, evolution, genocide, George Williams, Mother Nature, natural selection, religion, Richard Dawkins, Roman Catholic, values}

Richard Dawkins as Reluctant Darwinian

_{Paul Nelson
October 29, 2018

Evolution

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At a debate in Chicago between Dawkins and Bret Weinstein, I witnessed something that I never thought I’d see. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
August 30, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __cedited, Charles Darwin, evidence, evolution, harmony, hypothesis, intelligent design, materialism, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, science, Thomas Henry Huxley, vision}

Darwin’s Rhapsody

_{Paul Nelson
August 30, 2018

Evolution, Metaphysics

3}

“Evolution” in its deepest sense is a foundational metaphysical commitment, not a scientific theory that one could test. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
July 20, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Geology
Philosophy
Tagged
, __cedited, atheism, Greeks, historiography, history, materialism, methodological naturalism, naturalism, paleontology, Paul Nelson, religion, science, T.H. Huxley, theism, Yale University}

A Tendentious Appeal for Methodological Naturalism

_{Paul Nelson
July 20, 2018

Faith & Science, Geology, Philosophy

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Dawes and Smith say they’re simply describing (as a “matter of fact”) the history of science. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
June 28, 2018

Categories
Life Sciences
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, antennae, black swallowtail, butterflies, caterpillar, eggs, garden, insects, intelligent design, Lepidoptera, nature, olfaction}

“Make Mine Dill”

_{Paul Nelson
June 28, 2018

Life Sciences, Reproductive Science

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What amazes me is how the female butterflies can smell dill over great distances, and so deposit their eggs on the right plants. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
April 28, 2018

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, Bible, Brian Keating, credulity, faith, hypothesis, knowledge, multiverse, PragerU, rhetoric, theists, truth, UC San Diego, video}

“Faith” and the Multiverse: A Response

_{Paul Nelson
April 28, 2018

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

3}

I grasp the argument Professor Brian Keating is making in his PragerU video. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
November 2, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __cedited, Ann Gauger, C. John Collins, C.S. Lewis, Casey Luskin, Darwinian theory, Günter Bechly, human origins, intelligent design, J.P. Moreland, James Tour, John West, Jonathan Wells, Matti Leisola, Paul Nelson, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Meyer, Steve Fuller, theistic evolution, theology, Wayne Grudem, Winston Ewert}

Beautiful Monster — Theistic Evolution: A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique Is Here!

_{Paul Nelson
November 2, 2017

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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It's a MONSTER because it's 1007 pages, which means you'll probably still be reading it when the Chicago Cubs are in the World Series again. Read More ›