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Casey Luskin

Date
April 9, 2019

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Evolution
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, __k-review, algorithms, APOB, Arthur Hunt, Cell (journal), Darwin Devolves, genes, Liu et al. (2014), methodology, Michael Behe, mutations, Nathan Lents, Polar Bear Seminar, polar bears, PolyPhen-2, proteins, Shiping Liu}

Polar Bear Seminar: Unacknowledged Discrepancies, Inconsistent Standards

_{Casey Luskin
April 9, 2019

Evolution

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The discrepancy in method is crucial to understanding this argument against Behe. Yet curiously, it is omitted from mention by Lents and Hunt. Why? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 8, 2019

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Linguistics
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Physics
Social Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", act, adaptation, Albert Einstein, Aristotle, Darwinian theory, Darwinists, doppelgänger, Erwin Schrödinger, First Way, form, genotype, Isaac Newton, matter, phenotype, potency, Prime Mover, quantum mechanics, theory, Thomas Aquinas, Universal Darwinism}

Aristotle and Universal Darwinism

_{Michael Egnor
April 8, 2019

Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Linguistics, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Physics, Social Sciences

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The greatest engine of atheism in modern times — Darwin’s theory — is nothing more than a bastardization of the strongest philosophical argument for God’s existence. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 8, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, algorithms, APOB, Arthur Hunt, Cell (journal), cholesterol, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian mechanism, degradative mutations, Michael Behe, mutations, Nathan Lents, Polar Bear Seminar, polar bears, PolyPhen-2, proteins, Richard Lenski, S. Joshua Swamidass, Shiping Liu}

Polar Bear Seminar: The APOB Gene and Damaging Mutations

_{Casey Luskin
April 8, 2019

Evolution

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Michael Behe correctly interpreted a paper by Liu et al. and followed its methodology, whereas his critics, Lents and Hunt, did not. Read More ›

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Date
April 7, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, ID the Future, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, natural selection, Paul Nelson, podcast, randomness, Richard Dawkins, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Listen: Paul Nelson and Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig on Randomness in Natural Selection

_{Science and Culture
April 7, 2019

Evolution, Genetics, Life Sciences

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As Lönnig points out, Richard Dawkins and others are at great pains to deny the connection. Why would that be? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 5, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Adventures in Poor Taste, APOB, Arthur Hunt, Cell (journal), chloroquine resistance, cholesterol, Darwin Day, Darwin Devolves, Darwinists, Evolution News, fat metabolism, genome, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Michael Behe, mutations, Nathan Lents, pigmentation, Polar Bear Seminar, polar bears, Richard Lenski, S. Joshua Swamidass, seal blubber, Shiping Liu, The Edge of Evolution}

Polar Bear Seminar: Why Behe Is Right

_{Casey Luskin
April 5, 2019

Evolution

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Starting today, you’re invited to sit back and enjoy a five-part series on polar bear genes in light of Behe’s thesis in Darwin Devolves. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 5, 2019

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, biological adaptation, disorder, entropy, evolution, Fifth Way, form, ignorance, information, knowledge, medicine, metaphor, mind, neuroscience, quantum physics, Scrabble, teleology, Thomas Aquinas, Universal Darwinism}

On Universal Darwinism

_{Michael Egnor
April 5, 2019

Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Physics

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Universal Darwinism is the belief that Darwin’s theory can be applied fruitfully to many scientific disciplines, not just to biology. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 3, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Africa, amphibian, bacteria, Cambrian Explosion, central nervous system, cichlid fishes, circulatory system, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Finches, E. coli, effective population size, enzymes, evolution, evolutionary theory, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, fish, John Jay College, John McDonald, lemurs, macroevolution, Madagascar, Michael Behe, Nathan Lents, neutral theory, nylonase, organs, ossicles, Robert J. Marks II, Skeptic Magazine, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

In His Latest Review of Behe’s Darwin Devolves, Nathan Lents Misses the Forest for the Trees

_{Brian Miller
April 3, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Evolutionists now increasingly believe that major adaptations are driven by neutral mutations. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 2, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Andrew McDiarmid, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Finches, Darwinian evolution, E. coli, Evolution News, family, Galápagos Islands, genus, ID the Future, Long Term Evolution Experiment, money, order, Richard Lenski, species}

Behe on Darwin’s Finches — A Really, Really Long-Term Evolution Experiment

_{David Klinghoffer
April 2, 2019

Evolution

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Of course finches don’t multiply and cycle through generations as rapidly as bacteria. Still, these birds have been isolated on the iconic islands for some 2 million years. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
April 1, 2019

Categories
Biology
Botany
Evolution
Life Sciences
Mathematics
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, airplanes, chromosomes, computers, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, devolution, earth, evolution, genetic information, intelligent design, iPhones, Mathematical Intelligencer, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Michael Behe, mutations, Physics Essays, unintelligent process, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Vindicated by Behe: Devolution Is Natural, Evolution Is Not

_{Granville Sewell
April 1, 2019

Biology, Botany, Evolution, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Physics

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You do not need to study mutations for thirty years to predict that bombarding plant chromosomes with radiation will not lead to major agricultural advances. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 30, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom bills, April Fools’ Day, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, education, Eugenie Scott, Glenn Branch, headline, indoctrination, legislation, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), strengths and weaknesses, teachers}

From Darwin-Only National Center for Science Education, a Pre-April Fools’ Day Gag?

_{David Klinghoffer
March 30, 2019

Evolution, Science Education

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So they’re finally admitting to what we’ve been saying for years — that evolution “indoctrination,” not education, is what they favor? Read More ›