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Photo: Human retina, by rdowns via Pixabay.

Why Junk Design Arguments Are Junk Science

Examples of so-called “convergent” evolution are ubiquitous, including the camera eye design shared by the squid and human. Read More ›
Przewalski's horse
Photo: Przewalski's horse, by Solar Olga, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Chromosomal Fusion and Correcting Mistakes: A Retrospective on an Old Debate

The main evidence that Dr. Scott cites to argue that chromosomal fusions aren’t necessarily deleterious comes not from humans but from horses. Read More ›
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informatics
Photo credit: Postman85, via Pixabay.

Theists vs. Atheists: Who Has the Burden of Proof?

Because Dillahunty refuses to debate me again, I’ll address his claim that atheists have no burden of proof in the debate over God’s existence in this post. Read More ›
Phillip E. Johnson
intelligent design
Photo: Phillip E. Johnson, by Paul Nelson.

Stephen Meyer on Phillip Johnson’s Courage

“There are many many many people who have come to the water’s edge, who have seen the problems with Darwinian evolution, have counted the cost, and recoiled.” Read More ›
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Photo credit: Gvjekoslav, via Wikimedia Commons.

Prebiotic Muffins and an Air of Unreality

There is a cookbook being proposed for “prebiotic soup recipes” — that is, combinations of non-living chemicals plausibly present on the early Earth. Read More ›
eye
Photo credit: Perchek Industrie via Unsplash.

Did Nathan Lents Refute Design?

Today our knowledge of the eye’s design is far more detailed. Particularly striking are the incredible mechanisms at the molecular level. Read More ›
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Photo credit: NASA/Bill Dunford.

By Design? Meteors Deliver Iron for Habitability

Unexpected benefits may come from a steady rain of meteoric dust onto the planet. Read More ›
Arctic tern
Photo: An Arctic tern, by AWeith, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Watch: Animal Algorithms and the Bluff of Darwinism

Human navigation technology is just catching up to what animals like these can do by instinct. Read More ›
Eugenie Scott
Image: Eugenie Scott, via YouTube (screenshot).

Blast from the Past: Eugenie Scott’s Failed Prediction on Pseudogenes

Scott confidently asserts that because of mutations the beta-globin pseudogene “isn’t going to do diddly. It’s just going to sit there.” Read More ›
Sophia
Photo: Sophia the robot, by tk.

Robert J. Marks on Why AI Won’t Destroy the World, or Save It

Will robots or other computers ever become so fast and powerful that they become conscious, creative, and free? Read More ›

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