Tag: evolutionary mechanism

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Author
Stuart Burgess

Date
February 9, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Abby Hafer, aging, arteries, bad design, biology, constraints, decay, Duke University, engineered systems, European Space Agency, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary mechanism, foresight, François Jacob, fungi, genetic flaws, heart, Human Errors, human technology, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, joints, lubrication, Nathan Lents, reproduction, Richard Dawkins, Steven Vogel, suboptimal design, survival, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Not-So-Intelligent Designer, The Origin of Species, theistic design, tinkering, unintelligent design}

Bad Design, or Ultimate Engineering? Two Views of Biology

_{Stuart Burgess
February 9, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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An intelligent designer can employ foresight to envision a solution well beyond anything in existence at the time, and then set about making that a reality. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 20, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Tagged
, altruism, Casey Luskin, culture, education, evolutionary mechanism, evolutionary psychology, genes, group selection, heroism, human behavior, kin selection, kindness, podcast, reciprocal altruism, Richard Dawkins, selfish genes}

Can Evolution Explain Altruism or Heroism?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 20, 2025

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology

3}

Casey Luskin and I share separate recent examples of people who have run towards burning cars to save complete strangers. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 12, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biological information, Bret Weinstein, Casey Luskin, Darwin Day, Darwinism, evolution, evolutionary mechanism, ID the Future, intelligent design, Joana Xavier, mutations, natural selection, podcast, scientists, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Joe Rogan Experience, University College London}

Celebrate Darwin Day, and Darwin’s Broken Theory!

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 12, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Evolutionary biologist Bret Weinstein summed up this way: “[In my opinion,] the mainstream Darwinists are telling a kind of lie about how much we know." Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
August 23, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, CELS 2021, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, DNA, emergence, evolutionary mechanism, intelligent design, Michael Behe, proteins, Reductionism, Stephen Meyer, Systems Biology}

End of the Road for the Intelligent Design Debate?

_{Brian Miller
August 23, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A key question is how long biologists can argue that life looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, but it is actually a cat. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 9, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, apes, cancer, common ancestry, DNA, Endogenous retroviruses, enhancers, ERVs, evolution, evolutionary mechanism, gene expression, genome, humans, Immune System, intelligent design, junk DNA, lncRNAs, narrative gloss, promoters, viruses}

Junk No Longer: ERVs Are “Integral” and “Important Components” of Immune Responses

_{Casey Luskin
July 9, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

It’s another example of a paper that sounds like it could have been written by a proponent of intelligent design. Read More ›

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post

Date
February 10, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Black Box, Del Ratzsch, evolutionary mechanism, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan Witt, Michael Behe, molecular machines, podcast}

Michael Behe on the Design Idea That Won’t Go Away (and Shouldn’t)

_{Science & Culture
February 10, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

Charles Darwin himself told us how his evolutionary theory could be overturned. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
June 19, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, codon, Darwin Devolves, devolution, dog breeds, Dogs, evolution, evolutionary mechanism, genes, genetic changes, humans, legs, mutations, PNAS, researchers, wolves}

Puppy Dog Eyes for Darwin

_{Michael Behe
June 19, 2019

Evolution

2}

A study in PNAS has gotten tons of affectionate press, probably because puppies are so darned cute. Read More ›