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Does T-urf13 Refute Irreducible Complexity? A Response to Arthur Hunt

Since 2007, Hunt has been claiming to have refuted Michael Behe’s thesis that irreducible complexity cannot arise by mindless evolutionary processes. Read More ›
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Watch: Behe and Metaxas Talk Evolution, Design, Implications, and Academic Freedom

Metaxas is hilarious, and Behe has a fine sense of humor himself. They make the science in Professor Behe’s already accessible new book even more accessible. Read More ›
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Vindicated by Behe: Devolution Is Natural, Evolution Is Not

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 ›
Richard Lenski
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Thanks, Professor Lenski, the LTEE Is Doing Great!

Lenski agrees that the beneficial mutations seen in his Long Term Evolution Experiment are overwhelmingly degradative or loss-of-function ones. Read More ›
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Behe on Darwinism’s Rescue Helicopters

Some favorite rescuers include, perhaps most prominently, neutral theory, along with evolutionary developmental biology, natural genetic engineering, game theory, and the multiverse. Read More ›
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“I Believe in Science” Versus “Nullius in Verba

Savor the irony: Turning off your critical intellect makes you a “smart puppy.” Read More ›
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How the Raven Said “Nevermore”

Watch how easy it is to tell a Darwinian story. If something exists and looks advantageous, it evolved. Read More ›
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Darwinism, Post-Modernism, and the Summer Seminars

While historically belonging to the pre-modern 19th century, Darwinian evolution teaches what amounts to the deconstruction of what was understood before to be the great design of biology. Read More ›
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For Seattle Intelligent Design Education Day, This Teacher Had a Brilliant Idea

It would simplify things if evolutionists were more willing to engage in face-to-face dialogue with their ID counterparts Read More ›
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A Response to My Lehigh Colleagues, Part 3

Perhaps the evidence for the vast scope of Darwin’s theory really isn’t as strong as biologists over the years have been telling each other. Read More ›

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