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Date
May 20, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, cells, Darwinians, Darwinism, evolutionists, fitness, mutations, organisms, PNAS, protein evolution, proteins, pseudogenes, selection}

Collateral Damage: Mutations Decrease Fitness in More Ways than One

_{Science and Culture
May 20, 2020

Evolution

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If mutations are the raw material for evolution, they are like explosives with unpredictable effects. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
April 27, 2020

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Denyse O'Leary, DNA, intelligent design, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, molecule, organisms, University of Maryland}

Paper by Biologist Antony Jose Seeks to Understand Heritability Beyond DNA

_{Paul Nelson
April 27, 2020

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Fierce debates have occurred among intelligent design theorists — mostly behind the scenes — about the causal role of DNA. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
February 21, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, arthropods, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, David Klinghoffer, Douglas Futuyma, evolution, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, Galápagos Islands, history, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, macroevolution, natural selection, neo-Darwinian synthesis, organisms, William Paley}

I Disagree with David Klinghoffer, But It’s My Fault for the Confusion

_{Paul Nelson
February 21, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Evolution is an implication — that is, an empirical consequence — of design. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
May 30, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Asa Gray, bacteria, cancer, cells, chance, Charles Darwin, evolution, genes, Harvard University, Michael Denton, microbes, Modern Synthesis, mutagenesis, mutations, neo-Darwinian theory, organisms, PLoS Genetics, wind}

PLOS Genetics Asks: “What Is a Mutation?”

_{Paul Nelson
May 30, 2019

Evolution

2}

What if there is genuine directionality in mutation? An important paper addresses the subject. Read More ›

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post

Date
April 26, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Artificial Selection, bacteria, Charles Darwin, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's House of Cards, Darwinism, Escherichia coli, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, Long Term Evolutionary Experiment, Matti Leisola, Michael Behe, mind, mutations, natural selection, nature, On the Origin of Species, organisms, PLOS Biology, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Tom Bethell, yeast}

Fake Darwinism in an International Test of Experimental Evolution

_{Science and Culture
April 26, 2019

Evolution

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It’s fine to search through random results for an outcome you’re aiming for. Just don’t call it Darwinian evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 22, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, Amazon, consciousness, earth, environmentalism, Ferris Jabr, humanity, Lake Erie, life, Mars, misanthropy, morality, mysticism, nature rights, New York Times, organisms, religion, rivers, sentience, Toledo}

The Earth: It’s Alive! It’s Alive!

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 22, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Even James Lovelock, who created Gaia Theory, now worries that environmentalism has become a religion. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 26, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Amber Rice, ATP synthase, bacterial flagellum, biologists, cells, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian evolution, E. coli, Encyclopedia Britannica, Evolution (journal), fiber optic cables, genes, Greg Lang, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, James Clerk Maxwell, Lehigh University, machines, molecular machines, Nature (journal), Nobel Prize, On the Origin of Species, organisms, planthopper, proteins, public opinion, Richard Lenski, Sabine Hossenfelder, scientists, yeast}

A Response to My Lehigh Colleagues, Part 3

_{Michael Behe
March 26, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Perhaps the evidence for the vast scope of Darwin’s theory really isn’t as strong as biologists over the years have been telling each other. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 1, 2019

Categories
Archaeology
Astronomy
Biology
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, bacterium, cryptography, DNA, intelligent design, molecular genetics, organisms, quantum mechanics, SETI, teleology, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism}

What Is Intelligent Design? A Thomistic Perspective

_{Michael Egnor
March 1, 2019

Archaeology, Astronomy, Biology, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

5}

What is it, metaphysically one might say, that distinguishes design in the ID sense from ubiquitous teleological design, in a Thomistic sense? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 15, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, ATP synthase, Berra's Blunder, biosynthesis, Bruce Alberts, Corvette, Daniel Nicholson, Darwinism, evolution, Immanuel Kant, intelligent design, kinesin, machine metaphor, machines, Massimo Pigliucci, organisms, Phillip E. Johnson, philosophy of biology, protein machines, proteins, René Descartes, Ribosome, RNA, software, Tim Berra, U.S. National Academy of Sciences}

Why the Design in Living Things Goes Far Beyond Machinery

_{Jonathan Wells
February 15, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design

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French philosopher René Descartes conceived of living things as complex machines, a concept now known as the “machine metaphor.” Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
December 12, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __k-review, assumptions, chance, Darwinism, deduction, evolution, Hans Vodder, Howard Van Till, intelligent design, Michael Behe, organisms, probability, theistic evolution, Undeniable (book)}

Why the Conclusion that Life Is Designed Really Is Inescapable

_{Douglas Axe
December 12, 2018

Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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For theists to eschew the claim that life is designed is puzzling, because nothing seems to force them to adopt that counterintuitive stance. Read More ›