Tag: David Snoke

The Dynamic Dance of Salmonella enterica Flagella A Swirling Symphony of Bacterial Locomotion

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
August 20, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, bacterial flagellum, binding interface, biological systems, bushing, cells, clutch, Dave Farina, David Snoke, drive shaft, E. coli, Educating Dave Farina (series), irreducibly complex systems, LP ring, machine language, machines, motor, multicellular organisms, nanomachines, proteins, qualification, quotation marks, quote marks, RNA polymerase, scientific literature, The Edge of Evolution, transcription, transcription factors, YouTubers}

Has Dave Farina Refuted Behe and Me on the Bacterial Flagellum?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 20, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The use of machine language to describe biological systems is standard in the scientific literature. Read More ›

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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 12, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Christianity, civility, combativeness, criticism, critics, David Snoke, debates, documentary, Douglas Axe, evolution, Evolution News, faith and science, films, intelligent design, interviews, James Tour, Jay Richards, john lennox, Phil Halper, Richard Gunasekera, scholars, Science and Culture Today, scientists, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, Timothy McGrew, tone}

If You Think Intelligent Design Is “Combative,” You Need to See The Story of Everything

_{Casey Luskin
May 12, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Consider Stephen Meyer’s recent debate with Phil Halper over whether God is the best explanation for the origin and fine-tuning of the universe. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
April 29, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Armin Moczek, biochemistry, BioCosmos, children, Christianity for Doubters, civilizations, College Physics, computers, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwin’s Doubt, David Snoke, engineering, Eric Anderson, evolution, Evolution and Intelligent Design in a Nutshell, eyes, Field Museum of Natural History, Foresight (book), George Gaylord Simpson, humans, intelligent design, James Tour, John von Neumann, Marcos Eberlin, mathematicians, Michael Behe, Nobel Prize, origin of life, Peter Urone, phones, reproduction, Rice University, Robotica, self-reproduction, simplicity, spaceships, The Story of Everything}

Four Major Questions for Materialists

_{Granville Sewell
April 29, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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Let’s look at the long, complicated counterargument of the materialists to see if we can find the errors or unverified points. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 26, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, cell membrane, Dave Farina, David Snoke, drive shaft, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, machine, machinery, Michael Behe, microorganisms, mutation rate, natural selection, outboard motor, population size, Professor Dave, protein science, proteins, Pseudomonas fluorescens, terminology, The Scientist, YouTubers}

Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Bacterial Flagella

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 26, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The video complains about Behe’s “usage of terminology pertaining to machinery.” Is Farina going to charge the entire flagella community with dishonesty? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 1, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino-acid sequences, Ann Gauger, BioLogos, Brian Miller, Caltech, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Darrel Falk, Darwin's Doubt, David Snoke, Douglas Axe, Eric Davidson, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary creation, gene regulatory networks, genes, intelligent design, Michael Behe, population genetics, protein folds, proteins, purifying selection, Return of the God Hypothesis, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution}

Darrel Falk’s Volte-Face on the Cambrian Explosion

_{Casey Luskin
June 1, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I appreciate that Dr. Falk and his colleagues at BioLogos would like to engage in a productive “dialogue” with proponents of intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 14, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian processes, David Snoke, E. coli, Ebola, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, genes, HIV, malaria, Michael Lynch, Michigan State University, mutation rate, polar bears, population size, Response to Criticism, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lenski, Telliamed Revisited, tiktaalik, tinkering, turtles, viruses, waiting-time problem}

For Dreams of Darwinian Evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution Is an Insuperable Problem

_{Michael Behe
March 14, 2019

Evolution

13}

Professor Lenski’s contrasting of the frequency versus importance of evolutionary changes is misconceived and his illustrations are inapt. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
January 28, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, animal kingdom, beauty, butterfly wings, cholesterol, Darwinian mechanism, David Snoke, law, literature, mind, music, mutations, natural selection, nutrition, sexual selection}

Here’s How to Tell if Scientists Are Exaggerating

_{Michael Behe
January 28, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Here’s the simple test to tell if scientists are exaggerating wildly. Let’s call it: “The Principle of Comparative Difficulty.” Read More ›

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Date
December 10, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __cedited, Being as Communion, blind search, Brian Miller, causation, Claude Shannon, Conservation of Information, David Snoke, David Wolpert, entropy, Eric Anderson, Evolutionary Informatics Lab, Gödel's incompleteness theorems, Great Barrier Reef, information, information theory, Interface Focus, materialism, Michael Keas, No Free Lunch theorems, Robert J. Marks II, robots, Royal Society, Santa Fe Institute, semantic information, Shannon information, Walter Bradley Center, William A. Dembski}

Trends in Philosophy of Science: What Does “Semantic Information” Mean?

_{Science & Culture
December 10, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy of Science

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Theorists hope to alleviate a deficiency in Shannon information theory, which dealt only with the structure of a communication, not its semantics. Read More ›

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Date
September 24, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __cedited, Ann Gauger, BIO-Complexity, chimpanzees, Colin Reeves, common ancestor, common descent, common design, Darwinian mechanism, David Snoke, DNA, genetic similarity, genome, humans, mice, molecular clock, Ola Hössjer, population genetics, rats, S. Joshua Swamidass, theistic evolution, Washington University, Winston Ewert}

Response to Swamidass: Confusion in a Review of Theistic Evolution

_{Science & Culture
September 24, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science

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It’s worth engaging him, since Swamidass is the relatively rare critic of ID who works at tackling arguments for design in a substantive fashion. Read More ›