Tag: Kenneth Miller | Page 4 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 5, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BIO-Complexity, CSI, dependency graph, DNA, evolution, explanatory power, Forrest Mims, genomes, Human Genome Project, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, medicine, Michael Behe, mutations, Nature Reviews Genetics, nested hierarchy, predictions, Richard Dawkins, RNA, Science (journal), Scientific American, selection, software, Susumu Ohno, systematics, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), The Selfish Gene, Winston Ewert}

Does Darwinian Theory Make the Same Predictions as Intelligent Design?

_{Casey Luskin
May 5, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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Richard Dawkins predicted that “a large fraction” of our genomes has no function, because, “The true ‘purpose’ of DNA is to survive, no more and no less." Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 4, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", argument from ignorance, BioLogos Foundation, Brown University, Charles Marshall, CSI, Denis Lamoureux, evolution, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, paleontologists, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), UC Berkeley, University of Alberta}

Using the Positive Case for Intelligent Design to Answer Common Objections to ID

_{Casey Luskin
May 4, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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As for the “God of the gaps” charge, the basic objection is that ID is an argument from ignorance, based upon what we don’t know. Read More ›

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Author
Eric H. Anderson

Date
February 25, 2022

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, Casey Luskin, chloroquine resistance, circular reasoning, evolution, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Kenneth Miller, Laurence Moran, Michael Behe, Milky Way, Plasmodium falciparum, PZ Myers, Robert L. Summers, Sean Carroll, Stephen Jay Gould, The Edge of Evolution, University of Toronto}

How Much Can Evolution Really Accomplish?

_{Eric H. Anderson
February 25, 2022

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Unsatisfied with circular evolutionary arguments and lazy reasoning, Michael Behe decided to pose his question to the real-world data. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 24, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, American Museum of Natural History, apes, chromosomes, common ancestry, creationists, Darwin lobby, Dover trial, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Francis Collins, humans, intelligent design, Journal of Molecular Biology, Kenneth Miller, Mongolia, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), The Language of God}

Chromosomal Fusion and Correcting Mistakes: A Retrospective on an Old Debate

_{Casey Luskin
January 24, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The main evidence that Dr. Scott cites to argue that chromosomal fusions aren’t necessarily deleterious comes not from humans but from horses. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 20, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, American Museum of Natural History, creationists, Darwinists, Dover trial, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Genome Biology and Evolution, intelligent design, Kenneth Miller, mutations, pseudogenes, purifying selection}

Blast from the Past: Eugenie Scott’s Failed Prediction on Pseudogenes

_{Casey Luskin
January 20, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Scott confidently asserts that because of mutations the beta-globin pseudogene “isn’t going to do diddly. It’s just going to sit there.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 23, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, Ann Gauger, Annual Review of Genetics, apes, BioEssays, BioLogos, chimpanzees, Christianity, common ancestry, CRISPR, Dennis Venema, Evangelicals, evolution, evolutionary theory, functionality, gorillas, hominids, human origins, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), intelligent design, Jesus Christ, junk DNA, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, macaques, methodological naturalism, Nature (journal), Nature Reviews Genetics, Ola Hössjer, Paul Nelson, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, pseudogenes, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), S. Joshua Swamidass, Springer, theology, William Lane Craig}

Lessons Not Learned from the Evangelical Debate over Adam and Eve

_{Casey Luskin
November 23, 2021

Evolution, Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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To his credit, William Lane Craig is among those evangelicals who have been willing to question arguments against Adam and Eve. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
October 28, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brown University, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, evolution, faith, Henri Bergson, Holy Spirit, intelligent design, John Polkinghorne, Kenneth Miller, Mere Christianity, Nobel Prize, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man, theistic evolution}

C. S. Lewis and Theistic Evolution

_{John G. West
October 28, 2021

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Biological development is either the result of an unintelligent material process or a process guided by a mind, aka intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
October 18, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, Bible, Casey Luskin, China, Christianity, Christianity Today, Darwin Day in America, Darwinian evolution, ENCODE, Evangelical Christians, Francis Collins, George W. Bush, Jonathan Witt, junk DNA, Karl Giberson, Kenneth Miller, Michael Behe, National Institutes of Health, Obama Administration, professors, Science (journal), The Language of God, The New England Journal of Medicine, vaccination}

The Tragedy of Francis Collins’s Model for Science-Faith Integration

_{John G. West
October 18, 2021

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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The depiction of Francis Collins as someone who has developed a good model for integrating faith and science is in many respects a tragic myth. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
October 14, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Tagged
, "poor design", asteroid belt, bacterial flagellum, Christianity, creator, Darwinism, Douglas Axe, evolution, Finding Darwin's God, Francis Collins, intelligent design, Jupiter, Kenneth Miller, Mars, methodological materialism, Michael Behe, Moral Law, Scott Minnich, Singularity, Stephen Meyer, The Language of God, William A. Dembski}

Francis Collins: A Methodological Materialist When He Feels Like It

_{Jonathan Witt
October 14, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Planetology

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Imagine a boy who tells a girl he could climb to Jupiter because a natural ladder stretches from our planet to it. Read More ›

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Date
July 31, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, Aristotle, biological machines, co-option, epigenetics, intelligent design, Kenneth Miller, meaning, Michael Behe, Pat Flynn, philosophers, Systems Biology, Thomas Aquinas}

Michael Behe on Meaning Detection in Language, and More

_{Science & Culture
July 31, 2021

Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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Intelligent design pioneer Michael Behe continues his conversation with philosophers Pat Flynn and Jim Madden. Read More ›