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Michael Behe
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Image source: Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines, via Discovery Institute.

Michael Behe: A Man and His Critics

Behe is not in a defensive posture, despite his critics. He continues to advance. Read More ›
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Kenneth Miller
Image source: Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines, via Discovery Institute.

With Kenneth Miller, Behe’s Would-Be Nemesis, History Repeats Itself

The Brown University biologist is still out there, reassuring the world that unguided “evolutionary mechanisms” comfortably explain the wonders of biology. Read More ›
Christina Cheng
proteins
Photo: Christina Cheng, University of Illinois, by L. Brian Stauffer, via EurekAlert!

Jerry Coyne, Ken Miller Revive a “Fishy Story”

Coyne is sure this is going to come as a rude shock, to our colleague and contributor Dr. Behe in particular, “a slap in the face of IDers like Michael Behe — a fish slap like the one below.” Read More ›
Jerry Coyne
Jerry Coyne
Photo: Jerry Coyne on The Dave Rubin Show, via YouTube (screenshot).

Bullet Points for Jerry Coyne

Alas, Coyne’s review of Darwin Devolves has too little intellectual content to sustain any real engagement. Read More ›
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Behe
Photo credit: Feathers, by Mack Fox (MusicFox) via Unsplash.

Perplexing: Michael Behe’s Critics Falsely Claim He Ignores Exaptation

Writing in the journal Science, reviewers Lents, Swamidass, and Lenski make a very specific, clear, strong, and unambiguous claim. Read More ›
Seeking Dialogue
Photo: Michael Behe, a scene from Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines

In the Controversy over Intelligent Design, Seeking Genuine Dialogue

To me, this kind of back and forth is more amenable to serious discussion and reflection than quick volleys on a discussion board. Read More ›
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Photo: Joshua Swamidass, by J. Nathan Matias, via Flickr (cropped).

Darwinists Devolve: Review by Swamidass, Lenski, and Lents Borders on Fraud

I found their review utterly convincing — although probably not in the way the authors might hope. Read More ›
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Darwin Devolves
Photo credit: Joe Mabel from Seattle, US [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

First Review of Darwin Devolves Relies Heavily on Circular Reasoning

This line of argumentation only appears compelling to those who assume from that start that the core assumptions of the standard evolutionary model are true. Read More ›
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PNAS
Photo: Albert Einstein Memorial, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., by G0T0 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. 

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

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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Photo: A red-legged honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus), by DickDaniels (http://carolinabirds.org/) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], from Wikimedia Commons.

Behe’s New Book, Darwin Devolves — Stunning and Absolutely Convincing

I recently had a lively conversation with a former colleague at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne. Read More ›

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