Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 15, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, ATP synthase, Berra's Blunder, biosynthesis, Bruce Alberts, Corvette, Daniel Nicholson, Darwinism, evolution, Immanuel Kant, intelligent design, kinesin, machine metaphor, machines, Massimo Pigliucci, organisms, Phillip E. Johnson, philosophy of biology, protein machines, proteins, René Descartes, Ribosome, RNA, software, Tim Berra, U.S. National Academy of Sciences}

Why the Design in Living Things Goes Far Beyond Machinery

_{Jonathan Wells
February 15, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design

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French philosopher René Descartes conceived of living things as complex machines, a concept now known as the “machine metaphor.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
February 14, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, blood-clotting cascade, Cambridge University Press, chloroquine, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, E. coli, Ernst Mayr, evolution, exaptation, Finding Darwin's God, gene duplication, hemoglobin, Hox genes, Kenneth Miller, Long Term Evolution Experiment, mammals, mutations, myoglobin, Nathan Lents, natural selection, neo-Darwinian evolution, olfaction, plasminogen, PLoS Genetics, primates, Response to Criticism, ribose, Richard Lenski, Robert L. Summers, Russell Doolittle, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), The Edge of Evolution, The Quarterly Review of Biology}

Train Wreck of a Review: A Response to Lenski et al. in Science

_{Michael Behe
February 14, 2019

Evolution

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Richard Lenski has spent decades overseeing the most extensive, most acclaimed laboratory evolution experiment conducted to date. Read More ›

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post

Date
February 14, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, careers, Darwinian theory, evolution, free speech, ID the Future, persecution, podcast, Research, Robert Crowther, Scientific Dissent From Darwinism, scientists}

Listen: Dissent from Darwin List Tops 1,000 — Now the Scientists Weigh In

_{Science and Culture
February 14, 2019

Evolution, Scientific Freedom

1}

Robert Crowther explores why some scientists are willing to risk their research and careers to voice their skepticism of evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
February 14, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, APOB, Cell (journal), Darwin Devolves, Darwinists, evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, gene regulation, genes, humans, Jerry Coyne, Long Term Evolution Experiment, mice, Nathan Lents, polar bears, population genomics, Response to Criticism, Richard Lenski, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), Shiping Liu, Svalbard}

Coyne and Polar Bears: Why You Should Never Rely on Incompetent Reviewers

_{Michael Behe
February 14, 2019

Biology, Evolution

5}

A very common way to try to discredit an argument is to exaggerate it, ignore distinctions an author makes, and/or change carefully qualified claims into bizarre absolutes. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 14, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, antibiotic resistance, chloroquine, chloroquine complexity cluster, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, evidence, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, Genetics (journal), intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, John West, Kenneth Miller, malaria, Michael Behe, Nathan Lents, natural selection, Paul Gross, Plasmodium falciparum, point mutations, Response to Criticism, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lenski, Robert L. Summers, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), Sean Carroll, The Edge of Evolution, The Greatest Show on Earth, theory, University of Georgia}

Science Review Offers False Accusations about Chloroquine Resistance

_{Casey Luskin
February 14, 2019

Evolution

21}

In one paragraph Lents et al. twice cited sources they thought contradicted Behe, and twice suggested he ignored or dismissed contrary evidence. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 13, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Ben Shapiro, creationists, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Doubt, DNA, evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, laymen, Michael Behe, podcast, proteins, radio, Richard Dawkins, Scientific Dissent From Darwinism, scientists, Signature in the Cell, social anxiety, Stephen Meyer, William A. Dembski}

Ben Shapiro Rethinks Life’s Origins — Applauds Meyer’s Signature in the Cell

_{David Klinghoffer
February 13, 2019

Intelligent Design

3}

Shapiro accepts the idea of evolution, but he also appreciates that intelligent design is ultimately a way of understanding evolution, the mechanism that drives it. Read More ›

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post

Date
February 13, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, Ann Gauger, bioengineering, cells, Darwin Devolves, enzyme, evolution, fairy tales, Heretic, histidine, Jonathan Witt, Matti Leisola, Michael Behe, mutations, Nathan Lents, neo-Darwinian evolution, Neo-Darwinism, Response to Criticism, Richard Lenski, S. Joshua Swamidass, Salmonella, Science (journal), tryptophan, Wayne Rossiter}

Cited to Attack Darwin Devolves, Study Devolves on Close Inspection

_{Science and Culture
February 13, 2019

Evolution

5}

Pointing out the review's many failings will be the work of multiple articles. Let’s start by zeroing in on just one segment. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 12, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, CNS News, cognitive dissonance, creationists, Darwin Day, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian theory, dialogue, DNA, evolution, iceberg, media, Michael Behe, Nathan Lents, Peaceful Science, Richard Lenski, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), Scientific Dissent From Darwinism, Thomas Huxley}

Behe on Darwin Dissent List: “Overselling Darwinism Means Downplaying Its Difficulties”

_{David Klinghoffer
February 12, 2019

Evolution

5}

As Michael Behe notes, evolution is a “peculiar theory” all right and not surprisingly produces peculiar behavior from its proponents. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 12, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, anti-science, careerism, Discovery Institute, evolutionary theory, John West, Michael Behe, PJ Media, Scientific Dissent From Darwinism, scientists, Scott Minnich, The College Fix, The New York Review of Books, University of Idaho}

Why Discovery Institute Has Asked Some Scientists Not to Sign the Darwin Dissent List

_{David Klinghoffer
February 12, 2019

Evolution, Scientific Freedom

3}

This is what I mean when I say the list of a thousand plus vastly understates the number of scientists who are skeptical of evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 12, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, careerism, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, Darwin Day, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, Discovery Institute, evolution, fact, free speech, gravity, Jay Richards, Jerry Coyne, John West, media, Michael Behe, Michael Ruse, Nathan Lents, natural selection, persecution, Richard Lenski, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), Scientific Dissent from Darwin, scientists, skeptics}

Happy Darwin Day! Here’s a Video Introduction to Signers of Scientific Dissent from Darwin List

_{David Klinghoffer
February 12, 2019

Evolution

4}

What do you give a great scientist for his birthday when he’s already got everything? Read More ›