tom-bethell-iconoclast Type post Date February 15, 2017 CategoriesEvolutionScientific ReasoningScientific Trustworthiness Tagged , __k-review, argument from authority, Darwin's House of Cards, Darwinism, Karl Popper, natural selection, scientism, Tom Bethell Authority Replaces Evidence: Hear the Introduction to Darwin’s House of Cards Science & Culture February 15, 2017 Evolution, Scientific Reasoning, Scientific Trustworthiness 1 Tom Bethell tells of how his own skepticism about the logic of natural selection emerged, and describes an interview with Karl Popper. Read More ›
a-hummingbird-in-a-vervain-patch-with-open-wings-and-flared-713901837-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Brian Miller Date January 16, 2017 CategoriesEvolutionFine-tuningIntelligent Design Tagged , __nedited, alien intelligence, Brian Miller, experimental science, fine-tuning, kin selection, natural selection, proteins, purpose, simulation theory Robert Wright Asks: Can Evolution Have a Higher Purpose? Brian Miller January 16, 2017 Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design 6 He describes an interview with evolutionist William Hamilton, who developed the theory of kin selection. Read More ›
image Type post Author Michael Flannery Date December 17, 2016 CategoriesArtsHuman Origins and AnthropologyPaleontologyScientific Trustworthiness Tagged , __nedited, Alfred Russel Wallace, brain, credulity, falsified theories, fossil record, Loren Eiseley, missing links, natural selection, Neanderthals, Piltdown Man, reason, Royal Society, saltationism, The Descent of Man What the Piltdown Hoax Tells Us, 104 Years Later Michael Flannery December 17, 2016 Arts, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology, Scientific Trustworthiness 7 A curious anniversary falls this weekend. Read More ›
Gardner-cheetah-slide Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date November 18, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __nedited, "survival of the fittest", anthropomorphism, cheetahs, events, natural selection, New Trends in Evolutionary Biology, predators, prey, purpose, Royal Society Biologist’s New Argument Against Intelligent Design: Under ID, Gazelle Should Run Toward Cheetah David Klinghoffer November 18, 2016 Evolution, Intelligent Design 2 We've now had two reports of this. I double-checked to make sure there was no misunderstanding on my part. Read More ›
image Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date November 8, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __nedited, adaptation, exclusion, genotype, macroevolution, materialism, mechanism, microevolution, Modern Synthesis, natural selection, New Trends in Evolutionary Biology, Royal Society, scientific orthodoxy More Reports from Confidential Informants at the Royal Society David Klinghoffer November 8, 2016 Evolution, Intelligent Design 5 ID sympathizers at the meeting "wonder whether we should all have some kind of signal...rub the left nostril twice perhaps?" Read More ›
Type post Author Jonathan Witt Date September 29, 2016 CategoriesZoology Tagged , __tedited, celebrities, just-so stories, natural selection, sexual selection Brangelina Fever Gets Its Own Darwinian Just-So Story Jonathan Witt September 29, 2016 Zoology 5 Darwinism is so flexible that it's able to explain almost any zoological phenomenon and its opposite. Read More ›
Type post Author Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig Date July 26, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionGenetics Tagged , __tedited, degradative mutations, natural processes, natural selection, population genetics, presuppositions, probabilities, real world, realism, theoretical biology Scientific Inaccuracies, False Accusations: Concluding My Response to Joseph Felsenstein Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig July 26, 2016 Evolution, Genetics 13 Allow me, then, to introduce myself to Dr. Felsenstein. Read More ›
Type post Author Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig Date July 25, 2016 CategoriesBotanyEvolution Tagged , __tedited, adaptation, alleles, Darwinian mechanisms, diploidal genome, haploid, Joe Felsenstein, misrepresentation, mutation rate, natural selection, naturalists, Nature, 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 ›
Type post Author Lee M. Spetner Date June 21, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionGenetics Tagged , __tedited, absence of evidence, common descent, epigenetics, evolutionary mechanisms, gain of function, genetic mutations, mutation rate, natural selection, scientific theories, speciation, transposable elements Common Descent: An Obituary Lee M. Spetner June 21, 2016 Evolution, Genetics 5 Common Descent (CD) has been offered as a scientific theory and must therefore be judged as such. Read More ›
Type post Author Jonathan Wells Date June 3, 2016 CategoriesBiologyEvolution Tagged , __tedited, adaptation, Darwinism, evolutionary icons, fakery, Icons of Evolution, jumping genes, macroevolution, microevolution, natural selection, Origin of Species, peppered moths, textbooks, Theodosius Dobzhansky, transposable elements Peppered Moths, an Evolutionary Icon, Are Back Jonathan Wells June 3, 2016 Biology, Evolution 5 Readers of Evolution News are probably familiar with -- perhaps even bored with -- the classic story of peppered moths. Read More ›