Tag: misrepresentation

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 22, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), ape genomes, brains, cell division, cellular processes, chimpanzees, corresponding authors, DNA, genetic differences, genomes, human genome, humans, Jonathan Wells, misrepresentation, Nature (journal), Nucleic Acids Research, order of magnitude, repetitive DNA, zombies}

Genetic Differences Between Humans and Chimps Represent Functional DNA

_{Casey Luskin
May 22, 2025

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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I contacted the corresponding authors of the original study and they kindly offered their interpretation of the differences between the human and chimp genomes. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 1, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Creation Myths, Dan Stern Cardinale, debate, Discovery Institute, evolution, genome, human genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, Long Story Short, misrepresentation, Rutgers University, The Codes of Life, The NonSequitur Show, YouTubers}

Debate: Casey Luskin Versus Rutgers Biologist Dan Cardinale, Thursday, May 2

_{David Klinghoffer
May 1, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

Okay, this should be interesting. The question up for discussion: "Is the Human Genome Largely Junk DNA?" Read More ›

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Author
Rob Stadler

Date
April 27, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Be Smart, classrooms, DNA, education, Evolution News, Gerald Joyce, ideology, information, Long Story Short, materialism, misrepresentation, Next Generation Science Standards, NGSS, nucleotides, PBS, polymerization, replication, RNA, Stated Clearly, YouTube videos}

Long Story Short Detonates Propaganda About the Origin of Life

_{Rob Stadler
April 27, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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These popular origin-of-life videos subordinate science to ideology. Accurate science clearly contradicts their teaching. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
July 22, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Book of Job, communication, conversation, creation, Crossway, dialogue, eagle, evolutionary theory, Günter Bechly, hawk, intelligent design, misrepresentation, paleontologists, rhetoric, rhetorical strategies, S. Joshua Swamidass, theistic evolution, Theistic Evolution (book), Undeniable (book), Washington University}

Confronting Joshua Swamidass on Confrontation

_{Douglas Axe
July 22, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Swamidass got it wrong, and it’s perfectly appropriate for me to confront him on that. I wasn’t talking about any approach to human argumentation at all. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 6, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academic journals, Charles Darwin, common sense, creationists, Darwin-skeptics, evolution, evolutionary theory, intelligent design, misrepresentation, scientists, technical literature, teleology}

Why Do Critics Misrepresent Intelligent Design?

_{Casey Luskin
February 6, 2021

Intelligent Design

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I will close by revisiting the question of why people doubt Darwin and reject evolution — something discussed in my first post on this paper. Read More ›

Fire show, dancing with flame, male master juggling with fireworks, performance outdoors, draws a fiery figure in the dark, bright sparks in the night. A man in a suit LED dances with fire.

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
October 14, 2016

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, __tedited, consciousness, Darwinism as religion, evolutionary argument against naturalism, human mind, Michael Ruse, Mind and Cosmos, misrepresentation, New Atheists, nihilism, self-awareness, straw man, Thomas Nagel}

Roasting a Straw Man: Evolutionist Michael Ruse on Thomas Nagel

_{Jonathan Witt
October 14, 2016

Faith & Science, Philosophy, Scientific Trustworthiness

8}

You're driving along and notice that a bright philosopher has just mangled beyond recognition the argument of another bright philosopher. Read More ›

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Author
Lee M. Spetner

Date
September 26, 2016

Categories
Scientific Reasoning
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, __tedited, Lamarckian theory, Lee Spetner, macroevolution, mechanisms of evolution, microevolution, misrepresentation, Modern Synthesis, mutations, observations, probabilities, Response to Criticism, scientific method}

Gloves Off — Responding to David Levin on the Nonrandom Evolutionary Hypothesis

_{Lee M. Spetner
September 26, 2016

Scientific Reasoning, Scientific Trustworthiness

15}

A scientific theory cannot be established as valid unless the consequences that follow from it correspond to reality. Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
July 25, 2016

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Tagged
, __tedited, adaptation, alleles, Darwinian mechanisms, diploidal genome, haploid, Joe Felsenstein, misrepresentation, mutation rate, natural selection, naturalists, Nature, non-random evolution, non-random mutation, population genetics, positive selection, random mutation, random processes, randomness, Response to Criticism, zoologists}

In Terror of Chipmunks: A Response to Joseph Felsenstein

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
July 25, 2016

Botany, Evolution

22}

Seldom have I seen a piece of scientifically inspired writing like Felsenstein's that is so far off the mark. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 13, 2016

Categories
Faith & Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __tedited, assumptions, common descent, Cornelius Hunter, empirical evidence, misrepresentation, S. Joshua Swamidass, science and faith, scientific debate, scientific reasoning, theological objections, theology, V.J. Torley}

Of Tree Rings and Humans

_{David Klinghoffer
May 13, 2016

Faith & Science, Scientific Reasoning

8}

"Let us imagine that God creates a fully grown tree today, and places it in a forest." Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
May 13, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __tedited, ad hominem, chimp genome, common descent, creationism, criticisms, egg laying, forensic science, genetic similarities, human origins, misrepresentation, S. Joshua Swamidass, scientific debate, scientific reasoning, straw man, theologians, V.J. Torley, Warfare Thesis}

One Long Argument — Responding to VJ Torley on Human-Ape Common Descent

_{Cornelius Hunter
May 13, 2016

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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At Uncommon Descent, Torley has analyzed my criticism of S. Joshua Swamidass's recent article, "Evidence and Evolution." Read More ›