Category: Evolution | Page 135 | Science and Culture Today

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Casey Luskin

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May 5, 2022

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Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
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, BIO-Complexity, CSI, dependency graph, DNA, evolution, explanatory power, Forrest Mims, genomes, Human Genome Project, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, medicine, Michael Behe, mutations, Nature Reviews Genetics, nested hierarchy, predictions, Richard Dawkins, RNA, Science (journal), Scientific American, selection, software, Susumu Ohno, systematics, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), The Selfish Gene, Winston Ewert}

Does Darwinian Theory Make the Same Predictions as Intelligent Design?

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Richard Dawkins predicted that “a large fraction” of our genomes has no function, because, “The true ‘purpose’ of DNA is to survive, no more and no less." Read More ›

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Casey Luskin

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May 4, 2022

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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, "God of the gaps", argument from ignorance, BioLogos Foundation, Brown University, Charles Marshall, CSI, Denis Lamoureux, evolution, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, paleontologists, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), UC Berkeley, University of Alberta}

Using the Positive Case for Intelligent Design to Answer Common Objections to ID

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May 4, 2022

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As for the “God of the gaps” charge, the basic objection is that ID is an argument from ignorance, based upon what we don’t know. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 4, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Psychology
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, americans, apologetics, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theory, evolution, fantasy, John West, Medieval Europe, morality, nature, policy, science fiction, scientism, The Magician's Twin, totalitarianism, Westerners}

John West: C. S. Lewis and the “Human Fallibility of Science”

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May 4, 2022

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The spirt or psychology of the day gives us the science we wished for. This makes it highly fallible, and potentially dangerous. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 3, 2022

Categories
Biology
Botany
Evolution
Life Sciences
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, Arthur Hunt, Basilosaurus, bilaterian animals, central nervous system, cichlid fish, compound eyes, Darwinists, dog breeds, Dunning-Kruger effect, Ediacaran organisms, evolution, Evolution News, exoskeleton, fact check, fossil record, Hawaiian Silverswords, honeycreepers, Joe Felsenstein, John Harshman, Lake Malawi, molecular clock, no true Scotsman, otters, Pakicetus, Panda's Thumb, Peaceful Science, phenotypic plasticity, Puck Mendelssohn, Rusophycus, species pair challenge, trace fossils, University of Kentucky, Young Earth Creationists}

Fact Check: Hawaiian Silverswords Fail the Species Pair Challenge

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May 3, 2022

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Even though the differences appear superficially striking, they do not involve any novel body plans (i.e., no new proteins, new tissues, or new organs). Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 2, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, Discover Magazine, DNA, ENCODE, Endogenous retroviruses, evolution, experiment, function, genome, hypothesis, intelligent design, introns, junk DNA, line, MicroRNAs, Neo-Darwinism, non-coding DNA, observation, science stopper, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series)}

The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Genetics

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May 2, 2022

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Functionality for junk DNA is prevalent, and was successfully predicted by intelligent design. Read More ›

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May 1, 2022

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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, biophysicists, cells, Cornelius Hunter, eukaryotic cells, evolution, evolutionists, ID the Future, intelligent design, mitochondria, podcast}

Mitochondria: Evolution’s Ever-Receding Ancestor

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May 1, 2022

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For years evolutionists thought early cells must have brought other cells inside of them, and those other cells then mysteriously evolved into mitochondria. Read More ›

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Casey Luskin

Date
April 30, 2022

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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, airplanes, bats, cars, cell phones, characters, Charles Darwin, common ancestry, common design, computers, convergence, echolocation, evolution, experiment, eyes, genes, hypothesis, intelligent agents, intelligent design, keyboards, limbs, observation, phylogenetic analysis, phylogeny, species, systematics, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), trees, whales, wheels}

The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Systematics (the Relationships Between Organisms)

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April 30, 2022

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The re-usage of highly similar and complex parts in widely different organisms in non-treelike patterns is best explained by the action of an intelligent agent. Read More ›

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April 30, 2022

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Intelligent Design
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ID Pioneer William Dembski on His Rocky and Rewarding Journey

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April 30, 2022

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Along the way Dembski bats down a mistaken rumor about his sabbatical from ID work. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 29, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, academics, conformity, evolution, evolutionary biology, graduate students, intelligent design, Nobel Prize, Research, risk, safety, Science, scientists, Stony Brook University, tenure, Undark}

Physicist Explains: Why Scientists Play It Safe

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April 29, 2022

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On evolution and other subjects, this promotes a stale conservatism, well suited to defending orthodoxies. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 29, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, bacteria, butterflies, calcium carbonate, cryptochromes, Darwinian evolution, Developmental Dynamics, fruit flies, horizontal gene transfer, intelligent design, Israel, Living Waters, Magnetosome Islands, magnetotactic bacteria, mapping, memory, otoconia, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, prokaryotes, Robert Fitak, Robert Wells, salmon, Secrets of the Cell, The Scientist, United Kingdom, University of South Florida}

For Navigating Animals, a Gift from Magnetotactic Bacteria

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April 29, 2022

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Nowhere do these scientists explain how bacteria invented magnetotaxis and encoded it into their genes. Read More ›