Tag: Michigan State University

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 18, 2025

Categories
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Tagged
, American Scientist, avida, Caucasians, creationists, Dover trial, education, Edwards v. Aguillard, Ethiopian, Eugenie Scott, genetic algorithms, intelligent design, iron ore, Jay Wexler, jet engine, Kitzmiller v. Dover, law, methodological naturalism, Michigan State University, natural, NOMA, Of Pandas and People, origins debate, philosophers, Robert Pennock, Scopes trial, Stephen Jay Gould, supernatural, Supreme Court, terminology, turbine blade, Winston Ewert, Young Earth Creationism}

On Scopes and Dover Trials, Philosopher Robert Pennock Twists History and Science

_{Casey Luskin and John Bloom
December 18, 2025

History of Science, Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence)

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There is no reason for Pennock’s rule other than to short-circuit the origins debate and rule intelligent design out-of-court without addressing the evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 24, 2023

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Benjamin Libet, Chile, determinism, Discovery Institute Press, free will, Michael Egnor, Michigan State University, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, railroad, readiness potential, rehabilitation, totalitarianism, Zeitgeist}

A Scholarly Riposte to Pop Free Will Denialism

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 24, 2023

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Denial of free will is a quick route to totalitarianism. If you can’t be guilty because you can’t choose, you can’t be innocent either. Read More ›

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Date
April 1, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, breaking things, citrate, Darwin Devolves, E. coli, evolution, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary theory, flasks, genes, genetic information, ID the Future, Long Term Evolution Experiment, Michael Behe, Michigan State University, mutations, niche advantages, novelty, oxygen, podcast}

Michael Behe on Why Lenski’s Experiments Show Devolution, Not Evolution

_{Science and Culture
April 1, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Biochemist Michael Behe reviews the well-known Long Term Evolution Experiment at Michigan State. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 21, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Azusa Pacific University, bacteria, Carolyn Hovde, citrate, citric acid cycle, Dustin Van Hofwegen, E. coli, evolution, Evolution News, ID the Future, Journal of Bacteriology, Long Term Evolution Experiment, LTEE, Michigan State University, microbiologists, mutations, New Scientist, Richard Lenski, Scott Minnich, Veritasium}

Viral Video Overstates the Evidence About Bacterial Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
June 21, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Richard Lenski claims that his experiment provides “one of the most direct demonstrations of Darwinian adaptations by natural selection you can imagine.” Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
June 14, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, antibiotic resistance, Azusa Pacific University, bacteria, biologists, Carolyn Hovde, CELS 2021, Conference on Engineering in Living Systems, E. coli, engineers, ID the Future, intelligent design, Journal of Bacteriology, Long Term Evolution Experiment, LTEE, Michigan State University, Neo-Darwinism, Richard Lenski, Scott Minnich, University of Idaho}

Biologist Dustin Van Hofwegen Punctures Claims for Lenski’s Long-Term Evolution Experiment

_{Jonathan Witt
June 14, 2021

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Perhaps the biggest evolutionary development in the course of the experiment involved some bacteria beginning to feed on citric acid. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
January 18, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, cells, Discovery Institute Press, Eric Anderson, evolution, genes, ID the Future, intelligent design, Long Term Evolution Experiment, Michael Behe, Michigan State University, molecular machines, mutations}

A Mousetrap for Darwin, and Another for Lenski

_{Jonathan Witt
January 18, 2021

Evolution

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"There have been no mutations...identified that appear to be on their way to constructing elegant new molecular machinery of the kind that fills every cell." Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
December 1, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Geology
Tagged
, anti-science, biodiversification, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, evolution, fossil record, intelligent design, Michigan State University, paleontology, rocks}

Ixnay on the Ambriancay Plosionexhay

_{Paul Nelson
December 1, 2020

Evolution, Geology

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Shhh — don’t say it. The geological event, well, not “event,” as in something that happened about 541 million years ago...we don’t talk that way anymore. Read More ›

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Date
July 5, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, bacteria, citrate, Darwin Devolves, death rates, E. coli, evolution, evolutionary theory, genes, genetic information, Long Term Evolution Experiment, Michael Behe, Michigan State University, mutations, oxygen}

Listen: Michael Behe on a Citrate Death Spiral

_{Science and Culture
July 5, 2020

Evolution

1}

Evolution is good at creating niche advantages by breaking things; it isn’t good at building fundamentally novel forms. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
June 17, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, bacteria, citrate, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian mechanism, devolution, E. coli, eLife, evolution, fatty acids, genes, genetic information, Lenski lab, Long Term Evolution Experiment, metabolism, Michigan State University, mutations, oxygen, Richard Lenski}

Citrate Death Spiral

_{Michael Behe
June 17, 2020

Evolution

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Michigan State University biologist Richard Lenski and collaborators have just published a terrific new paper. Read More ›

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post

Author
Michael Behe

Date
November 7, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Ardi, Australia, Cambrian Explosion, Canada, Darwin on Trial, Darwinian evolution, DNA, E. coli, evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Ida, materialism, Michael Denton, Michigan State University, microbes, New York University, On the Origin of Species, Phillip E. Johnson, philosophical bias, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, random mutations, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lenski, RNA, Robert Shapiro, Scientific American, tetrapods, The Blind Watchmaker, tiktaalik, U.C. Berkeley}

Darwin on Trial — As Fresh and Relevant as Ever

_{Michael Behe
November 7, 2019

Evolution

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Because of Phillip Johnson’s leadership no informed person will ever again honestly say that Darwin’s theory flows straight from the data. Read More ›