Tag: Laurence Moran

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
July 14, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Amazon, astronomer, beavers, biochemists, biology, chance, Easter Island, elements, evolution, gods, helium, Herbert Spencer, intelligent design, iron picks, Laurence Moran, life, necessity, New York City, Norman Lockyer, Occam’s razor, On the Origin of Species, parsimony, skyscraper, smartphones, special creation, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer, stone hammers, Stonehenge, will}

How Did the Designer Do It?

_{Daniel Witt
July 14, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

11}

It seems the debate has not progressed much in a century and a half. Clearly, these evolutionary theorists think they have an unanswerable line of attack here. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 29, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, American Scientist, biologists, Creation Myths, Dan Graur, Dan Stern Cardinale, DNA, ENCODE, evolution, Ewan Birney, functionality, genome, human genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, junk RNA, Laurence Moran, Long Story Short, Nature (journal), repetitive DNA, Richard Dawkins, Rutgers University, species, transposable elements, YouTubers}

“Creation Myths” Misquotes and Misrepresents Junk DNA Video

_{Casey Luskin
March 29, 2024

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

20}

Our video backs up what it says with clear quotes and references. We’ve provided more documentation here. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 28, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BioEssays, biologists, Carmen Sapienza, Columbia University, DNA, ENCODE, evolution, evolutionary biologists, Forrest Mims, Francis Crick, Genome Biology and Evolution, genomes, intelligent design, John Bodnar, John Mattick, Jonathan Wells, Journal of Human Evolution, junk DNA, Laurence Moran, Living with Darwin, Long Story Short, Nature (journal), Nature Methods, Oxford University Press, paradigm shift, Philip Kitcher, predictions, Richard Dawkins, Scientific American, Taylor & Francis, The Greatest Show on Earth, University of Toronto, W. Ford Doolittle, What’s in Your Genome, William A. Dembski}

New Long Story Video Tackles “A Battle of Predictions: Junk DNA”

_{Casey Luskin
March 28, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

Something happened in 2012 that changed the entire debate in favor of the ID-based prediction that DNA would be largely functional. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 26, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Darwinists, DNA, evolution, evolutionists, genius, genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, Laurence Moran, Long Story Short, Nature (journal), predictions, Richard Dawkins, Richard Sternberg, Science (journal), science journals, Third Way of Evolution, University of Toronto, William A. Dembski}

A Reckoning for Darwinism as “Junk DNA” Flops

_{David Klinghoffer
March 26, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

3}

As a product of care and intention, the genome ought to be comparable in a way with products of human genius, with every detail there for a reason. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
February 20, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemists, biologists, Charles Darwin, DNA, evolution, function, genome, graduate students, How Life Works, ignorance, intelligent design, junk DNA, Laurence Moran, Nature (journal), null hypothesis, Philip Ball, postdocs, researchers, science journals, science writers, University of Toronto}

With One Short Rule, Philip Ball Explains Why “Junk DNA” May Be a Placeholder for Ignorance

_{Paul Nelson
February 20, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

5}

Here is Ball’s proposed rule for molecular biologists: “stop assuming,” he writes, “we know which parts of DNA matter and which don’t.” Read More ›

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Date
September 22, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, David Klinghoffer, debates, dragon, ENCODE, evolution, genetic drift, intelligent design, junk DNA, Laurence Moran, Malgorzata Moczydlowska-Vidal, Michael Behe, Michael Lynch, Michael Ruse, natural selection, Poland, Richard Sternberg}

Moran: Sternberg and Behe “Appear to Know More About Evolution than Their Opponents”

_{Science and Culture
September 22, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

The whole point of selection was to bias or direct the deliverances of chance variation, so that “luck” didn’t have to do all the work. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
June 14, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Around the World in Eighty Days, cell vault, eukaryotic cells, evolution, function, genome, Henrietta, intelligent design, junk DNA, Laurence Moran, mice, phenotype, Phileas Fogg, proteins, ribosomes, Royal Society, Sandwalk, steamships, University of Toronto, University of Toronto Press, What’s in Your Genome, Wikipedia}

Why Knockouts and Deletions Are Insufficient for Inferring Function — The Mystery of Cell “Vaults”

_{Paul Nelson
June 14, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

The other day, UPS brought me a copy of Larry Moran’s new book. Moran is a well-known opponent of intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
April 20, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, chatbot, ChatGPT, ENCODE project, Encyclopedia of DNA Elements, evolution, Evolution News, habitability, human genome, intelligent design, intelligent designer, John Mattick, junk DNA, Laurence Moran, molecular biology, mutations, Nature (journal), null hypothesis, Paul Nelson, population genetics, Wikipedia}

Evolutionist Claims ChatGPT “Lies About Junk DNA”

_{Eric Hedin
April 20, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

6}

A null hypothesis, such as expecting the absence of function in non-coding DNA, reveals a presupposition that biases one’s interpretation of the evidence. Read More ›

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Date
March 31, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, centromeres, DNA, evolution, evolutionary processes, gene expression, Genome Research, human genome, intelligent design, Joe Felsenstein, John Avise, junk DNA, Laurence Moran, Nicholas Matzke, nucleic acids, repetitive elements, researchers, RNA, telomeres, transposable elements}

Researchers: What’s Evolutionary Debris to You Is Unexplored Territory to Us

_{Science and Culture
March 31, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

From a new, open-access article, “Implications of the first complete human genome assembly.” Read More ›

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Author
Eric H. Anderson

Date
February 28, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, biological systems, Casey Luskin, CCC, chloroquine complexity cluster, chloroquine resistance, coordinated mutations, evolution, intelligent design, Laurence Moran, Michael Behe, mutation rate, mutations, PfCRT, Plasmodium falciparum, PNAS, proteins, Robert L. Summers, Sandwalk, The Edge of Evolution}

Real-World Data and the Lesson of Chloroquine Resistance

_{Eric H. Anderson
February 28, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

The take-home lesson is that evolution, on its best day, is an embarrassingly anemic process. Read More ›