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New “Long Story Short” Video Addresses Challenges from Junk DNA Defenders

Of course, die-hard evolution defenders were not going to take these major shifts in thinking about “junk DNA” sitting down. Read More ›
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New “Long Story” Short: “ERVs, Pseudogenes, & Onions”

Intelligent design is a “science stopper”? It “makes people stupid”? These are among the claims of some smart scientists who ought to know better. Read More ›
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No. 3 Story of 2024: Richard Dawkins the New Cultural Christian

What Richard Dawkins seems not to have realized — or perhaps now is realizing too late — is that scientific materialism is the suicide of reason. Read More ›
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Hey, Please Ask Dawkins About His “Junk DNA” Goof

Our friend Brian Keating, a cosmologist at UC San Diego, does wonderful interviews. A particularly fun recent one was with Richard Dawkins. Read More ›
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Defending Our Literature Survey on Function for Junk DNA

Our list only scratches the surface of the literature, and you can’t negate the existence of that body of literature through a few complaints. Read More ›
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Reading Between the Lines: Intelligent Design in Philip Ball’s Non-ID Book

Ball, in describing this new biology, feels the need to appeal to design language despite his overt disavowal of any support for intelligent design. Read More ›
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Did Dr. Dan Make Us Change Our Position on Junk DNA?

This claim is totally false and it perhaps reflects Dr. Dan’s wish to find a positive spin on the substance of what happened during the debate. Read More ›
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Reflections on Casey Luskin’s Debate with “Dr. Dan”

I commend Dr. Dan for being an amicable dialogue partner and for his good faith attempt to engage substantively with the relevant scientific issues. Read More ›
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Dawkins the New Cultural Christian

What Richard Dawkins seems not to have realized — or perhaps now is realizing too late — is that scientific materialism is the suicide of reason. Read More ›
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“Creation Myths” Misquotes and Misrepresents Junk DNA Video

Our video backs up what it says with clear quotes and references. We’ve provided more documentation here. Read More ›

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