Tag: Nick Matzke

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
October 9, 2023

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, ATP, barnacles, Caenorhabditis elegans, Darwin's Black Box, ejaculatory reflex, evolution, fertilization, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jackson Wheat, Michael Behe, microtubules, middle piece, mitochondria, molecular machines, Nick Matzke, purifying selection, roundworm, sperm cells, sperm flagellum}

How NOT to Argue Against Irreducible Complexity

_{Jonathan McLatchie
October 9, 2023

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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This roundworm produces non-flagellated sperm, though these sperm cells are amoeboid, meaning that they move by extending and retracting protrusions. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 19, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Critical Transitions in Nature and Society, Darwin's Doubt, Ediacaran fauna, evolution, Evolution News, fossil record, genetic information, Graham Budd, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Nick Matzke, oxygen, paleobiology, paleontology, Precambrian, Professor Dave, scientific literature, Sören Jensen, Stephen Meyer}

FAQ: The Cambrian Explosion Is Real, and It Is a Problem for Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
May 19, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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An email correspondent who is friendly to intelligent design (ID) recently wrote us asking how to respond to common objections to ID arguments about the Cambrian explosion. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 29, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, animals, birds, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Casey Luskin, Darwin's Doubt, Dave Farina, Douglas Erwin, Ediacaran fauna, Ediacaran Period, evolution, Fortunian, fossil record, great Ordovician biodiversification event, homology, insects, Nick Matzke, phylum, Professor Dave, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, synapomorphy, The Blind Watchmaker, wings, YouTubers}

Untangling “Professor Dave’s” Confusion about the Cambrian Explosion

_{Günter Bechly
November 29, 2022

Evolution, Paleontology

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We have seen the absurdly low quality of this individual’s video. But there is much more. I have added timecodes in square brackets for easier reference. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 12, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, animals, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Carl Zimmer, China, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian theory, Donald Prothero, Ediacaran biota, embryos, fossil record, Jerry Coyne, Metazoa, metazoans, microfossils, Namapoikia rietoogensis, Namibia, Neoproterozoic, New York Times, Newfoundland, Nick Matzke, Norway, paleontology, precambrian fossils, protists, Rugoconites enigmaticus, Russia, snowball Earth, South Australia, spicules, sponges, Stephen Meyer, Trilobozoa, Triradialomorpha, White Sea, Wikipedia}

The Myth of Precambrian Sponges

_{Günter Bechly
May 12, 2020

Evolution

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Evolutionists would expect to find sponges as the earliest animals in the fossil record. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 29, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Allison C. Daley, Anomalocaris, artifact hypothesis, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian theory, David Klinghoffer, Debating Darwin's Doubt, Donald Prothero, Ediacaran Period, fossil record, Graham Budd, Hallucigenia, Kimberella, Nick Matzke, Oxford University, paleontology, phyla, PZ Myers, Rusophycus, Spriggina, Stephen Meyer, trilobites}

Alleged Refutation of the Cambrian Explosion Confirms Abruptness, Vindicates Meyer

_{Günter Bechly
May 29, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The top-down pattern of appearance of animal phyla during the Cambrian explosion represents major conflicting evidence for Darwinian evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 26, 2013

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Cambrian Explosion, Colleagues' Responses, Darwin's Doubt, Nick Matzke, Response to Criticism}

Unintended Consequences: How Hostile Responses to Darwin’s Doubt Turned a Thoughtful Reader Against Darwinian Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
November 26, 2013

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A bumper sticker I've seen around in Seattle protests the War on Terror, warning that "We're making enemies faster than we can kill them..." Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 7, 2013

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Cambrian Explosion, Colleagues' Responses, Darwin's Doubt, Nick Matzke, Response to Criticism, Stephen Meyer}

Does Natural Selection Leave “Detectable Statistical Evidence in the Genome”?

_{Casey Luskin
August 7, 2013

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In Chapter 11 of Darwin's Doubt, Stephen Meyer responds extensively to critics who have claimed that the evolution of new genes is well understood. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 16, 2013

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Colleagues' Responses, Darwin's Doubt, Nick Matzke, Response to Criticism}

How "Sudden" Was the Cambrian Explosion? Nick Matzke Misreads Stephen Meyer and the Paleontological Literature; New Yorker Recycles Misrepresentation

_{Casey Luskin
July 16, 2013

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Ironically, the rarity of genes and proteins in sequence space means that even thirty million years is not nearly enough time for the neo-Darwinian mechanism to generate a new gene or protein, much less a new animal form. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 25, 2013

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Cambrian Explosion, Colleagues' Responses, Darwin's Doubt, Nick Matzke, Response to Criticism, science}

Rush to Judgment: Nick Matzke’s Hasty Review of Darwin’s Doubt Makes Bogus Charges of Errors and Ignorance

_{Casey Luskin
June 25, 2013

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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There's an old joke about a book critic. Asked if he has read the new book by a certain author, he replies, "No, I only had time to review it." Read More ›

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Date
March 15, 2012

Categories
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, David Coppedge, Nick Matzke, Panda's Thumb, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, trial}

On David Coppedge Trial, Darwin Bloggers Groping Their Way in the Dark

_{Science and Culture
March 15, 2012

Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Scientific Freedom

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At the Darwin-defending group blog Panda's Thumb, Nick Matzke and his friends are enjoying a discussion of the Coppedge trial even as they admit that they know hardly anything about the facts. Read More ›