Tag: polar bears | Page 3 | Science and Culture Today

^{Type
post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 10, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, Arthur Hunt, Darwin Devolves, data, degradative mutations, devolution, function, genes, Jerry Coyne, Liu et al. (2014), Michael Behe, mutations, Nathan Lents, Polar Bear Seminar, polar bears, PolyPhen-2, Richard Lenski, S. Joshua Swamidass, Shiping Liu, webinar}

Polar Bear Seminar: A Fake Scandal About a Chart

_{Casey Luskin
April 10, 2019

Evolution

13}

The criticisms keep coming. It’s hard to keep up. Lents, in fact, just yesterday added additional commentary on Behe’s use of the chart. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 9, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, algorithms, APOB, Arthur Hunt, Cell (journal), Darwin Devolves, genes, Liu et al. (2014), methodology, Michael Behe, mutations, Nathan Lents, Polar Bear Seminar, polar bears, PolyPhen-2, proteins, Shiping Liu}

Polar Bear Seminar: Unacknowledged Discrepancies, Inconsistent Standards

_{Casey Luskin
April 9, 2019

Evolution

9}

The discrepancy in method is crucial to understanding this argument against Behe. Yet curiously, it is omitted from mention by Lents and Hunt. Why? Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 8, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, algorithms, APOB, Arthur Hunt, Cell (journal), cholesterol, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian mechanism, degradative mutations, Michael Behe, mutations, Nathan Lents, Polar Bear Seminar, polar bears, PolyPhen-2, proteins, Richard Lenski, S. Joshua Swamidass, Shiping Liu}

Polar Bear Seminar: The APOB Gene and Damaging Mutations

_{Casey Luskin
April 8, 2019

Evolution

20}

Michael Behe correctly interpreted a paper by Liu et al. and followed its methodology, whereas his critics, Lents and Hunt, did not. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 5, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, APOB, Arthur Hunt, Cell (journal), chloroquine resistance, cholesterol, Darwin Day, Darwin Devolves, Darwinists, Evolution News, genome, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Michael Behe, mutations, Nathan Lents, pigmentation, Polar Bear Seminar, polar bears, Richard Lenski, S. Joshua Swamidass, Shiping Liu, The Edge of Evolution}

Polar Bear Seminar: Why Behe Is Right

_{Casey Luskin
April 5, 2019

Evolution

6}

Starting today, you’re invited to sit back and enjoy a five-part series on polar bear genes in light of Behe’s thesis in Darwin Devolves. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 29, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, APOB, bacteria, citrate, Darwin Devolves, E. coli, evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, flexibility, gain of function, genes, genetic information, hemoglobin, high fat diet, Long Term Evolution Experiment, loss of function, LTEE, mice, Michigan State University, mutations, National Academy of Sciences, polar bears, proteins, Richard Lenski, Telliamed Revisited, The Quarterly Review of Biology}

Thanks, Professor Lenski, the LTEE Is Doing Great!

_{Michael Behe
March 29, 2019

Intelligent Design

11}

Lenski agrees that the beneficial mutations seen in his Long Term Evolution Experiment are overwhelmingly degradative or loss-of-function ones. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 14, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian processes, David Snoke, E. coli, Ebola, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, genes, HIV, malaria, Michael Lynch, Michigan State University, mutation rate, polar bears, population size, Response to Criticism, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lenski, Telliamed Revisited, tiktaalik, tinkering, turtles, viruses, waiting-time problem}

For Dreams of Darwinian Evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution Is an Insuperable Problem

_{Michael Behe
March 14, 2019

Evolution

13}

Professor Lenski’s contrasting of the frequency versus importance of evolutionary changes is misconceived and his illustrations are inapt. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Walter Myers III

Date
March 11, 2019

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __cedited, cells, computers, Darwin Devolves, diseases, email, genes, Immune System, intelligent design, measles, Michael Behe, polar bears, viruses, Wired Magazine}

Measles “Hacking” the Body?

_{Walter Myers III
March 11, 2019

Medicine

5}

In previous articles I have discussed how biological organisms exhibit patterns that are highly analogous to computer programs written by humans. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 6, 2019

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __cedited, APOB, blubber, cholesterol, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian mechanism, DNA, evolution, genes, mice, Michigan State University, polar bears, proteins, Response to Criticism, Richard Lenski, Science (journal), Telliamed Revisited, The Quarterly Review of Biology}

Lessons from Polar Bear Studies

_{Michael Behe
March 6, 2019

Evolution, History of Science, Philosophy of Science

10}

Computer methods of analyzing mutations are widely used because they are generally accurate. They do not suddenly lose their accuracy when I cite them. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 22, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, Darwin Devolves, evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, genes, intelligent design, Michael Behe, polar bears, Review, Richard Lenski}

When Richard Lenski Is Finished Reviewing Darwin Devolves, Michael Behe Will Reply

_{David Klinghoffer
February 22, 2019

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

Out of consideration for readers who want to judge the disagreements for themselves, that seems like the way to go. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Michael Behe

Date
February 14, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, APOB, Cell (journal), Darwin Devolves, Darwinists, evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, gene regulation, genes, humans, Jerry Coyne, Long Term Evolution Experiment, mice, Nathan Lents, polar bears, Response to Criticism, Richard Lenski, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), Shiping Liu}

Coyne and Polar Bears: Why You Should Never Rely on Incompetent Reviewers

_{Michael Behe
February 14, 2019

Biology, Evolution

5}

A very common way to try to discredit an argument is to exaggerate it, ignore distinctions an author makes, and/or change carefully qualified claims into bizarre absolutes. Read More ›