Tag: Dan Tawfik

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 3, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andrew Murray, antibodies, ATP synthase, bacteria, bacterial flagellar motor, bacterial flagellum, biochemistry, Biophysical Journal, blood clotting cascade, cells, chemotaxis, cilium, Current Biology, Dan Tawfik, Darwin’s Black Box, David Snoke, Douglas Axe, Eugene Koonin, eukaryotes, eukaryotic cell division, evolutionary pathways, Harvard University, homology, injectisome, irreducibly complex systems, Journal of Theoretical Biology, macrobiological features, Michael Behe, molecular machinery, molecular machines, motility, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Nature Heredity, Nicholas Matzke, Oxford University Press, PNAS, polar bears, protein science, proteins, Quarterly Review of Biology, Ribosome, Science (journal), T3SS, The Edge of Evolution, type three secretory system, universal common ancestor, vision, William Dembski}

Darwin’s Black Box at 30: The Evidence Wins!

_{Casey Luskin
August 3, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Macrobiological features have been cited as irreducibly complex, including animal joints and the trap mechanisms of carnivorous plants, even the cell itself. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 15, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, antibodies, atheism, beta-lactamase, Big Bang, BioLogos, Brian Miller, Cambrian Explosion, Cell (journal), Christians, COVID-19, Dan Tawfik, Darrel Falk, David Klinghoffer, Douglas Axe, enzymes, evolution, Explore Evolution, fossil record, Graham Budd, Günter Bechly, information, intelligent design, Judeo-Christian tradition, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, peer-reviewed literature, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, precambrian fossils, protein evolution, readers, Return of the God Hypothesis, rhetoric, RNA, RNA world, Stephen Meyer, theism, Theistic Evolution (book), universal common ancestry, universe}

From a Theistic Evolutionist, Long-Ago Answered Critiques of Stephen Meyer’s Book

_{Casey Luskin
May 15, 2024

Cosmology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Scott Buchanan's review is now being recirculated because of the positive attention that Meyer has received from his recent Piers Morgan interview. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 14, 2023

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, Andreas Wagner, Casey Luskin, Dan Tawfik, Emily Reeves, empirical evidence, evolution, Evolution News, fitness landscapes, function, intelligent design, mutations, natural laws, natural processes, preconditions, proteins, Religions (journal), Research, Rope Kojonen, sequence space, Stephen Dilley, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), undirected process, Weizmann Institute}

To Create Functional Proteins, Evolution Would Need a Miracle

_{Brian Miller
November 14, 2023

Biology, Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Theologian Rope Kojonen claims that God designed the laws of nature, which then gave rise to “fine-tuned” preconditions and smooth fitness landscapes. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
December 26, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Canadians, Carl Jung, Charles Darwin, Dan Tawfik, David Berlinski, David Gelernter, David Klinghoffer, Douglas Axe, Douglas Murray, epicycles, God Hypothesis, H. Allen Orr, intelligent design, Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, neo-Darwinists, New New Atheists, Niall Ferguson, protein folding, Ptolemy, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Tom Holland, Weizmann Institute}

#7 Story of 2021: Jordan Peterson Discovers the God Hypothesis

_{Bethel McGrew
December 26, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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It’s refreshing to see such intellectual humility from a figure with Peterson’s status. But not all his followers were thrilled. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
August 15, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Canadians, Carl Jung, Charles Darwin, Dan Tawfik, David Berlinski, David Gelernter, David Klinghoffer, Douglas Axe, Douglas Murray, epicycles, God Hypothesis, H. Allen Orr, intelligent design, Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, materialism, naturalism, neo-Darwinists, New New Atheists, Niall Ferguson, protein folding, Ptolemy, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Tom Holland, Weizmann Institute}

Jordan Peterson Discovers the God Hypothesis

_{Bethel McGrew
August 15, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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It’s refreshing to see such intellectual humility from a figure with Peterson’s status. But not all his followers were thrilled. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
July 2, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino-acid sequences, antibodies, Dan Tawfik, DNA, Douglas Axe, English, Journal of Molecular Biology, proteins, RNA, sentences}

Mistakes Our Critics Make: Protein Rarity

_{Brian Miller
July 2, 2020

Intelligent Design

4}

Many of the attacks result from the skeptics’ failure to properly understand Doug Axe’s 2004 article. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 4, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Mathematics
Tagged
, __edited, Brian Miller, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Dan Tawfik, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinism, David Berlinski, David Gelernter, David Klinghoffer, Debating Darwin's Doubt, development, evolution, Gerd Müller, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Michael Egnor, mutations, neo-Darwinian theory, New Trends in Evolutionary Biology, paleontology, Peter Robinson, protein folds, proteins, Quillette, Royal Society, Science (journal), Stephen Meyer, The Deniable Darwin, Weizmann Institute}

Coyne, Bechly, Miller, Berlinski: Scientists Debate David Gelernter’s Darwin Apostasy

_{David Klinghoffer
October 4, 2019

Biology, Evolution, Mathematics

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If anyone is worrying, it is Coyne and his fellow Darwinists, alarmed at the defection of a stellar intellect like Gelernter. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
February 13, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, bacteria, Dan Tawfik, Darwinian evolution, directed evolution, DNA, E. coli, enzymes, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, Matti Leisola, mutations, nylon, nylonase, protein folding, Richard Lenski, Weizmann Institute}

Why Darwinism Can’t Accomplish Innovation or Explain Origins

_{Ann Gauger
February 13, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

When one wants to modify an enzyme for a new function, as Matti Leisola explains in his new book, there are two ways to go about it. Read More ›