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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 11, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Mathematics
Tagged
, archaea, bacteria, biogeography, cells, discontinuity, Douglas Theobald, embryology, Eugene Koonin, eukaryotes, evolution, evolutionary mechanisms, fossil record, intelligent design, paleontology, phyla, protein folds, rafting, Theistic Evolution (book), transitional forms, Tree of Life, universal common ancestry, viruses}

Is There Discontinuity in Biology — And How Would We Know?

_{Casey Luskin
June 11, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Mathematics

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For my part, I think it’s better to approach the data without assumptions and to let the evidence speak for itself. Read More ›

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Author
Kirk Durston

Date
April 25, 2019

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Bernard Carr, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Craig Venter, Darwinism, DNA, Eugene Koonin, experimental science, fantasy, fantasy science, George Ellis, inferential science, molecular machines, multiverse, nature, North America, Ockham’s razor, proteins, Roger Penrose, Sabine Hossenfelder, science, science fiction, scientism}

On Fantasy in Modern Science

_{Kirk Durston
April 25, 2019

Cosmology, Evolution, Faith & Science

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An attribute of a good sci-fi story is that it should open new vistas for the imagination while, at the same time, not requiring the reader to put up with the preposterous. Read More ›

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Author
Kirk Durston

Date
April 15, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Geology
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, atheism, Austin Hughes, bacteria, Bible, Canada, common descent, Darwinian theory, Eugene Koonin, evolution, evolutionary biology, faith, fruit flies, humans, inferential science, observations, science, scientism}

Inferential Science — What Could Go Wrong?

_{Kirk Durston
April 15, 2019

Evolution, Geology, Origin of Life

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There are many solid, trustworthy inferences in modern science, but there are those that are not very trustworthy at all. Read More ›

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Date
March 14, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, __k-review, analogy, architecture, Boltzmann brain, codons, Darwinian evolution, entropy, Eugene Koonin, hopeful monster, information, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, letters, Michael Behe, multicellularity, multiverse, natural selection, nucleotides, PNAS, proteome, semantic information, words}

Proteome Is Analogous to Language

_{Science & Culture
March 14, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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A paper likens the proteome to a language with a “quasi-universal grammar” possessing the minimum complexity necessary to function as a cell. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 20, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, chloroquine resistance, Daniel Dennett, Darwin Devolves, Douglas Futuyma, Eugene Koonin, evolution, Genetics (journal), Jerry Coyne, Joseph Thornton, Kenneth Miller, Laurence Moran, Michael Behe, Michael Lynch, Nathan Lents, National Academy of Sciences, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nicholas Matzke, oocyte, Plasmodium falciparum, PNAS, Response to Criticism, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lenski, Robert L. Summers, Russell Doolittle, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), Stephen Jay Gould, The Edge of Evolution}

From Swamidass on Chloroquine Resistance, a Response that Doesn’t Respond

_{Casey Luskin
February 20, 2019

Evolution

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Swamidass’s response doesn’t address our main arguments, but he indicates he is impressed by what Darwinian mechanisms accomplished in generating chloroquine resistance. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
January 31, 2019

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, David Klinghoffer, Douglas Axe, Eugene Koonin, Irreducible Complexity, Kevin Williamson, Lehigh University, molecular evolution, multiverse, National Academy of Sciences, National Institutes of Health, National Review, PNAS, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Richard Sternberg, Scott Minnich, stem, Stephen Meyer, The Edge of Evolution, theoretical biology, University of Idaho}

When It Comes to Origins Science, Is PNAS Really “Ready When You Are”?

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 31, 2019

Scientific Freedom

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Kevin Williamson imagines that scientists are free to “slug it out” in journals and other academic settings, so that the truth reliably emerges. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 26, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, adaptive mutations, ants, bacteria, bacteriophages, BioEssays, Cell (journal), cetaceans, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, deletions, Eugene Koonin, evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, geneticists, horizontal gene transfer, insertions, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, mutations, polar bears, The Edge of Evolution, The Quarterly Review of Biology, viruses}

Bacteriophages, Budding Yeast, and Behe’s Vindication

_{Ann Gauger
November 26, 2018

Evolution

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It’s been known for some time that bacteria evade antibiotics by mutating the target of the antibiotic, often at a cost to themselves. Read More ›

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Date
September 21, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, ctenophores, Darwinians, Douglas Axe, Eugene Koonin, fossils, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, methodological naturalism, Nature (journal), phyla, placozoans, PNAS, sponges, trilobites}

Still More Excuses for Cambrian Non-Evolution

_{Science & Culture
September 21, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

Trilobites look up silently from their Burgess Shale rock slabs, with sad eyes, asking, “Where did I come from?” Read More ›

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Author
Kirk Durston

Date
May 1, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, book, cells, Eugene Koonin, evolution, genetic code, intelligent design, mind, multiverse, natural processes, null hypothesis, Ockham’s razor, p-value, Richard Dawkins, science, The Blind Watchmaker, universes}

Reality Check: Has Science Explained the Origin of Life?

_{Kirk Durston
May 1, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

7}

Imagine you wanted someone who hasn’t the faintest idea what a book is to make a book from scratch. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
December 15, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, codons, Dennis Venema, DNA, Eugene Koonin, genetic code, Harry Potter, hydrogen peroxide, intelligent design, Jack Szostak, Michael Yarus, Mount Rushmore, multiverse, nucleotides, proteins, Pythagorean Theorem, RNA, tRNA, V.J. Torley}

The Origin of Life: The Information Challenge

_{Brian Miller
December 15, 2017

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Today I will identify the fundamentally different approaches by ID advocates and critics toward assessing evidence. Read More ›