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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 12, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", argument from ignorance, convergence, creationists, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian mechanism, Dave Farina, Douglas Axe, evolution, evolutionary biologists, Galápagos Islands, genetic information, intelligent design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, macroevolution, Martin Nowak, Michael Behe, microevolution, mutations, peer-reviewed journals, Professor Dave, speciation, Stephen Meyer, waiting-time problem, young people, YouTubers}

“Crazy Stuff”? Dave Farina on the Waiting Time Problem

_{Günter Bechly
December 12, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The formulation “crazy stuff” of course implicitly suggests that this is a pseudo-problem invented by evil and stupid creationists. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 8, 2022

Categories
Biology
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Anchiornis, Archaeopteryx, Aurornis, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Marshall, creationists, Darwin's Doubt, Dave Farina, dino-fuzz, Early Triassic, feathers, homology, information, intelligent design, keratin, Luis Chiappe, mammals, marine reptiles, Mario Coiro, PragerU, Professor Dave, proteins, Richard Buggs, Richard Lenski, Royal Society, scales, Stephen Meyer, Twitter, Wikipedia, Xiaotingia}

Educating “Professor Dave” on the Fossil Record and Genetics

_{Günter Bechly
December 8, 2022

Biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Farina says that if you want to make “creationists’ head explode” you just have to mention that reptile scales and bird feathers are made of the same keratin. Read More ›

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Date
October 30, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, creationists, evolution, evolutionary time, filmmaker, intelligent design, Jon Perry, morphology, mutations, natural selection, Stated Clearly, Twitter, YouTube videos}

Still Searching: Evolutionist Jon Perry Responds

_{Science and Culture
October 30, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Perry knows best what was in his mind when he started the thread about single mutations of large effect. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
August 5, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chairs, creationists, cytoskeleton, design constraint, diet, ecological niches, Erika, evolution, genes, Gutsick Gibbon, intelligent design, lifestyle, locomotion, memory, metabolism, migration, p-value, phylogenetics, selection, separate ancestry, splicing, synapomorphy, tinkering, transport, universal common ancestor, YouTube videos}

Why Their Separate Ancestry Model Is “Wildly Unrealistic”

_{Emily Reeves
August 5, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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On Monday, I will look at the consistency of the phylogenetically informative sites for the Baum et al. (2016) paper. Spoiler alert: It looks like design. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
July 5, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, artificial life, Christoph Adami, Conservation of Information, creationists, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinists, disinformation, evolution, Guide to Reading Jason Rosenhouse (series), intelligent design, Jason Rosenhouse, Jonathan Wells, Richard Lenski, Robert Pennock, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Stephen Meyer, The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism, Winston Ewert, Wistar Institute, Zombie Science (book)}

Darwinists’ Delusion: Closing Thoughts on Jason Rosenhouse

_{William A. Dembski
July 5, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Does it really need to be pointed out that roads are designed? That where they go is designed? And that even badly laid out roads are laid out by design? Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
June 2, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Adolf Hitler, Answers in Genesis, anti-communism, Baptists, Carl Weinberg, Charles Darwin, Communists, cooperation, Cornell University Press, creationists, Donald Trump, E.O. Wilson, evolution, fundamentalists, history, Indiana University, Karl Marx, Ken Ham, Ku Klux Klan, Lamarckism, Marxists, Michael Ruse, Nazism, progressives, Red Dynamite, Socialist Darwinism, The Descent of Man}

Do Darwin Critics Reject Evolution Because They’re Anti-Communists? Carl Weinberg Says Yes

_{Richard Weikart
June 2, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution

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In a couple of cases, Weinberg goes beyond the pale, making accusations that are bizarre and even slanderous. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 27, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, creationists, Darwinism, Dave Farina, Encyclopedia Britannica, Ernst Mayr, evolution, evolutionary biology, fact check, Francisco Ayala, Modern evolutionary synthesis, Professor Dave, Richard Dawkins, S. Joshua Swamidass, Stephen Jay Gould, Wikipedia}

Fact-Checking “Professor Dave”: Is the Term “Darwinism” Really Used Only by “Creationists”?

_{Günter Bechly
May 27, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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As this nonsense is so often found in Internet forums, I here provide the peer-reviewed scientific evidence to put the point to rest once and for all. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 24, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, American Museum of Natural History, apes, chromosomes, common ancestry, creationists, Darwin lobby, Dover trial, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Francis Collins, humans, IDEA Center, intelligent design, Journal of Molecular Biology, Kenneth Miller, Mongolia, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Peter Hess, The Language of God}

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

_{Casey Luskin
January 24, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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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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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 20, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, American Museum of Natural History, creationists, Darwinists, Developmental Cell, Dover trial, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Genome Biology and Evolution, HBBP1, intelligent design, Kenneth Miller, Leakey Foundation, mutations, pseudogenes, purifying selection}

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

_{Casey Luskin
January 20, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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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 ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 3, 2021

Categories
Biology
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animals, common design, creationists, Darwin Day, Darwinian evolution, DNA, evolutionary biologists, FORA.tv, genes, hierarchy, Paul Nelson, pseudogenes, Richard Dawkins, Tree of Life, YouTube videos}

Dawkins: A “Perfect Hierarchy” in the Tree of Life?

_{Casey Luskin
September 3, 2021

Biology, Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The “hierarchy” that Dawkins is referring to in the video is the tree of life that evolutionary biologists can generate. Read More ›