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December 2, 2020

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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, "survival of the fittest", amino acids, Charles Thaxton, code, codons, Darwinian evolution, DNA, double helix, Escherichia coli, genetic code, information, intelligent design, materialists, mind, natural selection, PNAS, probability, proteins, Roger Olsen, Rutgers University, Second Law of Thermodynamics, serine, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, thermodynamics, Walter Bradley}

Missing the Point: Codes Are Not Products of Physics (Updated)

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December 2, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Elaborate schemes to explain the origin of the genetic code from the laws of physics and chemistry miss the whole point about codes. Read More ›

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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
November 25, 2020

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Evolution
Tagged
, beak size, birds, Darwin's Finches, droughts, Galápagos finches, Galápagos Finches series, Galápagos Islands, Geospiza fortis, HMGA2, macroevolution, natural selection, Nature (journal), Peter and Rosemary Grant, Sangeet Lamichhaney, seeds, Sisyphean evolution, species, subjunctive}

Galápagos Finches — Some Contradictions Solved

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
November 25, 2020

Evolution

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The authors offer a selectionist explanation, which is nevertheless uncertain. Note the repeated use of the subjunctive. Read More ›

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November 24, 2020

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Evolution
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, adaptation, arms, carpal tunnel syndrome, Eric Anderson, evolution, evolutionary change, health, Howard Glicksman, humans, ID the Future, Journal of Anatomy, journalists, median artery, natural selection, physicians}

Listen: Median Artery and Evolution Hype

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November 24, 2020

Evolution

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It’s far from clear how natural selection could select for this as an “adaptation” when its most obvious effect is to contribute to carpal tunnel syndrome. Read More ›

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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
November 24, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, alleles, beak size, Charles Darwin, Christian Science Monitor, Daphne Major, Darwin's Finches, evolution, Galápagos finches, Galápagos Finches series, Galápagos Islands, genera, HMGA2, macroevolution, natural selection, neo-Darwinian evolution, Peter and Rosemary Grant, Princeton University, Sangeet Lamichhaney, Sisyphean evolution, speciation, species, The Evolution of the Long-Necked Giraffe}

Galápagos Finches — An “Exceptionally Strong Natural-Selection Event”?

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
November 24, 2020

Evolution

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This is by no means an all-or-nothing selection (as the impression is sometimes given). Rather, the alleles are retained. Read More ›

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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
November 20, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, alleles, beak size, Darwin's Finches, DNA, dog breeds, evolution, Galápagos finches, Galápagos Finches series, genotype, HMGA2, macroevolution, National Academy of Sciences, natural selection, Nature (journal), Neo-Darwinism, SNPs, speciation}

Galápagos Finches — A Paradigm of the Limits of Natural Selection?

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
November 20, 2020

Evolution

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They are not, per the National Academy of Sciences, a “particularly convincing example for speciation.” Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
November 13, 2020

Categories
Evolution
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, antibiotic resistance, antibiotics, bacteria, biological diversity, Charles Darwin, creative power, Darwinian theory, diseases, evolution, high school biology, homology, Long Story Short, natural selection, penicillin, tuberculosis, unguided evolution, whale evolution}

New “Long Story” on Bacterial Evolution Is Here!

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November 13, 2020

Evolution

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As animator “Long Story” puts it in his video, the claim is an example of evolutionary equivocation”: “The use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 12, 2020

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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
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, antibiotic resistance, bacteria, climate change, Discovery Institute, evolution, genes, Irreducible Complexity, Long Story Short, natural selection, The Guardian}

“Long Story Shot” on Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance

_{David Klinghoffer
November 12, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Doubting Darwinian theory, we're told, is nothing less than a threat to the public health. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 10, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, agnosticism, Aristotle, Bernardo Kastrup, consciousness, emergence, evolution, ID the Future, idealism, instinct, intelligent design, Jerry Fodor, materialism, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, natural selection, neuroscience, panpsychism, random mutations, teleology}

An Intelligent Design Behind Consciousness — Or an Instinctive One?

_{David Klinghoffer
November 10, 2020

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Something immaterial can’t have an effect on the material realm, presumably, so how would it be selected as advantageous by Darwinian natural selection? Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 9, 2020

Categories
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, agency, biophysicists, cells, chemical reaction, chemical reactions, Darwinian evolution, Elbert Branscomb, Energy, entropy, free energy, geothermal vents, Helen Hansma, hydrothermal vents, information, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Jeremy England, Leslie Orgel, metabolism, mica sheets, Michael Russell, molecular engines, molecular machines, molecules, natural selection, population genetics, proton gradient, RNA, RNA world, Ronald Fisher, self-replication, thermodynamics}

Do Origin-of-Life Researchers Now Accept Intelligent Design?

_{Brian Miller
November 9, 2020

Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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A reader must ask if an RNA molecule could possibly govern chemical reactions, suppress free-riders, support co-operators, and act in its own self-interest. Read More ›

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November 6, 2020

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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, chemists, computer simulation, design principles, Douglas Axe, evolution, golf, golf ball, Hamlet, Harvard University, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, Michael Behe, National Academy of Sciences, natural selection, optimization, PNAS, polypeptides, protein evolution, proteins, Richard Dawkins, syllogism, Undeniable (book), Weasel program}

Are Proteins Attracted to Function?

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November 6, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Doug Axe showed that functional space is a tiny fraction of sequence space in proteins. Evolutionists think they found a shortcut. Read More ›