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Can Darwinists Condemn Hitler and Remain Consistent with Their Darwinism?

Applying Darwinian insights to morality is not distorting the theory at all (as it would be for someone to draw moral implications from relativity theory). Rather, it is explicitly part and parcel of Darwin's own theory of human evolution. Read More ›
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Close-up of a door knocker in the shape of an uroboros, an ancient symbol depicting a serpent (or dragon) eating its own tail, often interpreted as a symbol for eternal cyclic renewal, Italy
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Darwinian Logic: The Latest on Chimp and Human DNA

Picture an Ouroboros, the alchemical symbol of a snake with its own tail in its mouth. Do you get the feeling that Darwinian "logic" is taking us nowhere? Read More ›

The Receding Myth of “Junk DNA”

Since I published The Myth of Junk DNA in May, there has been no response from the pro-Darwin authors I criticized in it. On September 23, 2011, however, John Farrell reviewed it for the Huffington Post. Read More ›

Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: HuffPost Reviews The Myth of Junk DNA

Yes, it's the venerable principle of Darwinian theory that says: Whatever turns out to be the case is retrospectively recognized as having been exactly what the theory predicted. Read More ›

“If Meyer taught us to read DNA, Wells teaches us to sing it.”

The Myth of Junk DNA is a well-written book that manages to accomplish two separate tasks: to silence the Darwinists who claimed that recent genomic discoveries supported their dystopic version of The Signature in the Cell; and to bring all of us up-to-date on the breath-taking mysteries being decoded from this ancient script. Read More ›
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At Forbes, John Farrell Joins in “Ayala’ing” of Jonathan Wells

Farrell thinks the myth of junk DNA is itself a myth -- that "scientists never dismissed junk DNA in the literature." In other words, Wells has set up a straw man. Of course, not having looked at the book, Farrell can't have consulted Dr. Wells's fifty pages of notes documenting his argument. Read More ›

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