Tag: narrative gloss

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
March 18, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Physics
Tagged
, abiogenesis, agnostics, atheists, biologists, careers, complexity, Curtis Hrischuk, Darwinian evolution, Emily Reeves, endowed by our creator, equilibrium, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary jargon, Gregory Reeves, human engineers, information, John West, living things, Michael Egnor, narrative gloss, natural selection, nature, neurosurgeon, organisms, Philip Skell, physics, Science and Culture Today, Stuart Burgess, transcendent intelligent source}

Evolution: What Is in a Word? (Hint: Not Much)

_{Eric Hedin
March 18, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Physics

5}

Since the entire non-living universe contains far less information content than a single living cell, life presents an enigma to materialism. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 20, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP synthase, efficiency, electron transport chain, electrons, factory, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, membranes, Michael Behe, mitochondria, narrative gloss, Nature (journal), oxidative phosphorylation, PNAS, protists, Science Advances, superintelligence}

Compact Factory Optimizes Shape for Efficiency — A New Level of Intelligent Design in Life

_{David Coppedge
July 20, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

A microbe was found to organize its electron transport machinery in a way that bends the membrane for optimum energy utilization. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 8, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Biomimetics, cephalopods, convergence, cuttlefish, Darwin's Doubt, David Klinghoffer, genes, giant squid, hydrothermal vents, Living Waters, molecular clock, narrative gloss, Nature (journal), Nautilus, neo-Darwinian processes, Paul Nelson, Richard Sternberg, Stephen Meyer, University of Chicago}

Geneticists Puzzled by Octopus’s Unique Genes: Seem to Have Appeared Out of Nowhere

_{David Coppedge
February 8, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

12}

“Evolution of novel genes”? Isn’t that the question at hand? Where do novel genes come from? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 21, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Darwinism, evolution, grasshoppers, intelligent design, lions, mammals, narrative gloss, Old Testament, photosynthesis, teeth, trees, UC Davis}

Redwoods, Grasshoppers: New Designs in Well-Studied Species

_{David Coppedge
March 21, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

8}

If redwoods are a byword for great stature, grasshoppers represent the opposite. And what insect could be more common or familiar? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 9, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, apes, cancer, common ancestry, DNA, Endogenous retroviruses, enhancers, ERVs, evolution, evolutionary mechanism, gene expression, genome, humans, Immune System, intelligent design, junk DNA, lncRNAs, narrative gloss, promoters, viruses}

Junk No Longer: ERVs Are “Integral” and “Important Components” of Immune Responses

_{Casey Luskin
July 9, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

It’s another example of a paper that sounds like it could have been written by a proponent of intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 25, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, 9/11 attack, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, atheism, biological information, Charles Darwin, Christianity, coronavirus, COVID-19, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Edward Jenner, emergency room, epidemiology, evolution, Harvard University, Ignaz Semmelweis, Louis Pasteur, narrative gloss, neurosurgeon, nurses, pagans, pandemic, Paul Ehrlich, plague, Rodney Stark, unintelligent processes}

Merry Christmas! #8 Story of 2020: Upstairs into the Plague

_{Michael Egnor
December 25, 2020

Evolution, Medicine

7}

Epidemiology, to which Darwinism is a “narrative gloss,” is an old and vigorous science. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 7, 2020

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, anger, animals, anthropologists, anxiety, Darwinism, Denyse O'Leary, disease, evolution, evolutionary biologists, grief, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, narrative gloss, pain, Philip Skell, Psyche, The Scientist}

The Evolutionary Psychologist Will See You Now

_{David Klinghoffer
October 7, 2020

Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

It needs no wisdom to stamp “ANIMAL” on the sufferer’s forehead, any more than it does to stamp “DISEASED.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 5, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, antibiotics, creation myth, creationists, doctors, evolution, Evolution News, fairy tales, medical research, narrative gloss, Philip Skell, PZ Myers, The Myth of Darwinian Medicine (series), thought police}

Darwinian Biologist Notices that Evolution Is Irrelevant to Medical Research

_{Michael Egnor
April 5, 2020

Medicine

3}

Fairy tales about survival of survivors contribute nothing to medical research, or to any other research. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 18, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, 9/11 attack, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, atheism, biological information, Charles Darwin, Christianity, coronavirus, COVID-19, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, Edward Jenner, emergency room, epidemiology, evolution, Harvard University, Ignaz Semmelweis, Louis Pasteur, narrative gloss, natural selection, neurosurgery, nurses, pagans, pandemic, Paul Ehrlich, plague, Rodney Stark, unintelligent processes}

Upstairs into the Plague

_{Michael Egnor
March 18, 2020

Evolution, Medicine

6}

Every stock boy or housekeeper or nurse is doing more to fight this pandemic than all the politicians and talking-head science grifters and tenure-track professors. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 18, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, adenine, Andrew Moore, BioEssays, Biological Information: New Perspectives, cytosine, DNA, ENCODE, evolution, Francis Crick, function, genome, guanine, intelligent design, junk DNA, Leslie Orgel, narrative gloss, overlapping codes, proteins, selective pressure, thymine}

BioEssays Editor: “‘Junk’ DNA… Full of Information!” Including Genome-Sized “Genomic Code”

_{Casey Luskin
November 18, 2019

Intelligent Design

13}

How many times have we heard it claimed that the vast majority of the human genome is “junk” and therefore could not have been designed? Read More ›