Tag: Michael Lynch

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Date
April 6, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, 1984, Andrew Ellington, Arizona State University, Biodesign Institute, biology, catastrophe, creationists, DNA, Ernst Mayr, evolutionary biology, George Orwell, Julian Huxley, Michael Lynch, molecular complexity, mutation rates, National Academy of Sciences, neo-Darwinian theory, novels, population geneticists, population sizes, proteins, Ribosome, RNA, story-telling, thoughtcrime}

Design Haunts a New Hypothesis for the Origin of the Ribosome

_{Science & Culture
April 6, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

It’s worth paying some attention to the identity of the first author, population geneticist Michael Lynch of the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State. Read More ›

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post

Date
January 26, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Balliol College, biologists, evolution, evolutionary biology, heresy, intelligence, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Michael Levin, Michael Lynch, Research, Richard Dawkins, Rumpelstiltskin, Science and Culture, William Dembski}

Oxford Conference on Evolution: Heresies and New Ideas Every Day

_{Science & Culture
January 26, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Michael Lynch, Jerry Coyne, and Richard Dawkins would have split themselves in two, like Rumpelstiltskin in a wild rage, if they had attended. Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 26, 2024

Categories
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Arizona State University, complexity, culture, Daniel Dennett, Daphnia pulex, Darwinian evolution, evolution, genetic drift, genome, humans, Michael Lynch, mind, natural selection, random mutations, water fleas}

No. 7 Story of 2024: Study of Water Fleas Found No Evidence of Evolution

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 26, 2024

Environment & Climate, Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

After many generations, water fleas showed no evidence of changing genetically to adapt to their environment, as the theory would predict. Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 23, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Christof Koch, climate change, Daphnia pulex, Darwinian evolution, evolution, genes, intelligence, Michael Lynch, National Academy of Sciences, Popular Mechanics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers, University of Arizona, water fleas}

Covering for Darwin, Science Reporter Massages a Study

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 23, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

Genetically, the model organism for studying evolution was just one water flea after another. Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 22, 2024

Categories
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Arizona State University, complexity, culture, Daniel Dennett, Daphnia pulex, Darwinian evolution, evolution, genetic drift, genome, humans, Michael Lynch, mind, natural selection, random mutations, water fleas}

Decade-Long Study of Water Fleas Found No Evidence of Darwinian Evolution

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 22, 2024

Environment & Climate, Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

After many generations, water fleas showed no evidence of changing genetically to adapt to their environment, as the theory would predict. Read More ›

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post

Date
September 22, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, David Klinghoffer, debates, ENCODE, evolution, genetic drift, intelligent design, junk DNA, Laurence Moran, 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 & 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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post

Author
Paul Nelson

Date
September 18, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Calvin College, Christianity, complex systems, design triangulation, Discovery Institute, evolutionary biology, Hamlet, intelligent design, macroevolution, Michael Lynch, natural selection, naturalism, Naturalistic Parabola, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminar, Wayne State University, William A. Dembski}

Reform It Altogether — More on the Naturalistic Parabola

_{Paul Nelson
September 18, 2020

Biology, Evolution

6}

I’ve fussed about this point for a long time. And Discovery Institute colleagues have occasionally chided me for my obsession. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 5, 2020

Categories
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __edited, academic freedom, Arizona State University, atheism, Ball State University, biologists, blasphemy, bullying, censorship, Center for Science and Culture, Darwinism, education, Eric Hedin, evolution, Free Science, freedom from religion foundation, Genesis, Gerd B. Müller, Granville Sewell, gravity, heresy, Jerry Coyne, Journal of Molecular Biology, London, Michael Lynch, Natural History Museum, New York State, pedagogy, religion, Royal Society, Sarah Chaffee, Supreme Court, U.S. Constitution}

Blasphemy Against Darwin in New York State! Atheist Group Intimidates School District

_{David Klinghoffer
March 5, 2020

Science Education, Scientific Freedom

7}

First, it is definitely NOT against either federal law or Supreme Court precedent to teach about scientific criticisms of Darwin’s theory. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 27, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Arizona State University, Douglas Axe, dreaming, evolutionary theory, Michael Lynch, natural selection}

Evolution “Dreaming” — Tough Language from Biologist Michael Lynch

_{David Klinghoffer
February 27, 2020

Evolution

2}

Professor Lynch thinks fellow evolutionary biologists are “dreaming” and he does not mean that as a compliment. Read More ›

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Author
Marcos Eberlin

Date
May 22, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Doubt, devolution, epigenetic inheritance, evolution, fitness, foresight, fossil record, Michael Behe, Michael Lynch, molecular machines, mutations, natural genetic engineering, natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, neutral evolution, punctuated equilibrium, Royal Society, self-organization, Stephen Meyer, University of Cambridge}

Game of Thrones: As Darwinism Dissolves, Top Evolutionists Scramble for a Successor

_{Marcos Eberlin
May 22, 2019

Evolution

5}

A meeting at Churchill College, University of Cambridge, sought to encourage novel thinking about evolution. Read More ›