Tag: persistent scientific errors

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 30, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, chimpanzees, Chimps and Critics (series), common ancestry, common design, creationists, Discovery Institute, evolution, evolutionary biology, genetic differences, genetic similarities, genetic variations, geologists, humans, Institute for Creation Research, intelligent design, Jeff Tomkins, Joel Duff, Jonathan Wells, National Museum of Natural History, persistent scientific errors, PZ Myers, Smithsonian Institution, University of Akron, University of Minnesota, YouTube videos, Zachary Ardern, zombies}

On Human-Chimp Genetic Differences, the Critics Misstate My Arguments

_{Casey Luskin
June 30, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Evolution defenders generally accept the new evidence showing that humans and chimps are 15 percent genetically different but downplay the new number. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 18, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, chimpanzee genome, chimpanzees, Chimps and Critics (series), Eugenie Scott, evolution, evolutionary genomics, gap divergence, genetics, Haeckel’s embryos, human genome, humans, Icons of Evolution, junk DNA, Nature (journal), non-sex chromosomes, nucleotide, objections, persistent scientific errors, Queen Mary University London, rejoinders, repetitive DNA, Richard Buggs}

Critics Struggle with Evidence Humans and Chimps Are 15 Percent Genetically Different

_{Casey Luskin
June 18, 2025

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

5}

Before we dive into what critics are saying, I want to note that good authorities have come to similar numerical conclusions as I did. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, 1 percent myth (series), ape genomes, bonobos, Bornean orangutans, chimpanzees, deletions, DNA, fact check, gap difference, gap divergence, gene duplications, genomes, Gorilla gorilla, gorillas, human genome, humans, insertions, Kateryna Makova, National Center for Biotechnology Information, Nature (journal), order of magnitude, Pan paniscus, Pan troglodytes, persistent scientific errors, Pongo abelii, short nucleotide variations, siamangs, Smithsonian Institution, SNVs, Sumatran orangutans, Supplemental Data}

Fact Check: New “Complete” Chimp Genome Shows 14.9 Percent Difference from Human Genome

_{Casey Luskin
May 21, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Reporting

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I suspect that this radical finding has implications — for human exceptionalism and more — that people will be discussing for a long time. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 21, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Psychology
Sociology
Tagged
, anxiety, Augustine Brannigan, college students, crying, emotional depression, experimental design, Office of Naval Research, penologists, persistent scientific errors, Philip G. Zimbardo, prison breaks, prisoner abuse, prisoners, psychologists, public policy, rage, Retraction Crisis, Retraction Watch, San Quentin State Prison, self-correcting, social psychology, Stanford Prison Experiment, Stanford University, study design, Thibault Le Texier, University of Calgary}

Retract the Stanford Prison Experiment?

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 21, 2025

Bioethics, Psychology, Sociology

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Beware of wildly popular sociology that tells us that our public policy preferences are somehow embedded in human nature. Life was never as simple as that. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Sternberg

Date
May 1, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Daniel Stern Cardinale, debate, debris, DNA, Endogenous retroviruses, evolution, evolutionary history, function, genome, human genome, intelligent design, introns, junk DNA, non sequitur, non-coding DNA, peer-reviewed, persistent scientific errors, pseudogenes, repetitive DNA, RNA, Rutgers University, satellite DNA, The NonSequitur Show, transposons}

Here’s a Far from Exhaustive (Yet Still Exhausting) List of Papers Discovering Function for “Junk” DNA

_{Richard Sternberg, Jonathan McLatchie, and Casey Luskin
May 1, 2024

Evolution, Genetics

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The list contains over 800 papers which are divided into categories according to the type of genetic element for which they focus on finding function. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 12, 2023

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, analogy, Carl Sagan, cerebral cortex, emotions, Frank Drake, J.B.S. Haldane, language, Melvin Calvin, neocortex, neuroscience, Northeastern University, Paul D. MacLean, persistent scientific errors, Pulitzer Prize, reptiles, reptilian brain, Ross Pomeroy, textbooks, The Atlantic, triune brain theory, University of Oslo, Yale University}

Reptilian Brain Myth Is Still Alive and Kicking

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 12, 2023

Evolutionary Psychology, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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Many psychology students are subjected to this day to an exploded pop neuroscience myth endorsed by celebrity scientist Carl Sagan. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 15, 2017

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __nedited, "teach the controversy", evolutionary theory, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, persistent scientific errors, Ray Bohlin, Science Education Policy, strengths and weaknesses, Texas, Zombie Science (book)}

For the Public School Biology Teacher, Zombie Science Makes an Outstanding Resource

_{David Klinghoffer
June 15, 2017

Biology, Evolution, Science Education

2}

Where do you turn for a reliable, responsible resource to help you clarify the issues for your students? Read More ›

Humpback whale breaching ocean surface wildlife photography marine animal sea mammal aquatic giant nature

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 11, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __nedited, blowhole, cetaceans, flukes, gullibility, Icons of Evolution, ID the Future, mockery, On the Origin of Species, persistent scientific errors, transitional forms, whale, whale evolution}

Darwin’s Proposed Bear-to-Whale Transition Set Off Bull Detectors in 1859

_{David Klinghoffer
January 11, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Today, scientists and science consumers are less sensitive in identifying fake science. Read More ›

Young boy and chimpanzee, both with open mouths in excitement or surprise, side by outdoor setting

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 2, 2017

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __nedited, 1 percent myth, Ann Gauger, common ancestry, evolutionary psychology, genetic similarity, homology, junk science, persistent scientific errors, Politics}

Fake Science: “About 99 Percent of Our DNA Is Identical to That of Chimpanzees”

_{David Klinghoffer
January 2, 2017

Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology

3}

With fine timing, our colleague Sarah Chaffee has lately offered a four-part interview with Discovery Institute biologist Ann Gauger. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 16, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, 1 percent myth, chimp genome, common descent, common design, genetic similarity, human genome, persistent scientific errors, waiting-time problem}

In Arguments for Common Ancestry, Scientific Errors Compound Theoretical Problems

_{Casey Luskin
May 16, 2016

Evolution, Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Our Discovery Institute colleague Cornelius Hunter has offered a response to Dr. Joshua Swamidass's arguments. Read More ›