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 Ann Gauger Date June 17, 2016 CategoriesBiologyGenetics Tagged , __tedited, common descent, common design, convergence, design motifs, emergence, Endogenous retroviruses, explanatory power, genetic code, logic, origin of information, placenta, predictions, probabilities, separate ancestry, syllogism, V.J. Torley The Placenta Problem: How Common Descent Fails Ann Gauger June 17, 2016 Biology, Genetics 9 Philosopher Vincent Torley (and Professor Josh Swamidass) have been trying to persuade me that common descent is the only rational view to affirm. Read More ›
Type post Author Cornelius Hunter Date May 28, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & ScienceHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __tedited, alternative splicing, chimpanzee genome, chimpanzees, common ancestry, convergent evolution, Dennis Venema, genomic analysis, gorillas, human exceptionalism, human language, human lineages, ideology, patterns, probabilities, retroviruses, viruses The Naked Ape: An Open Letter to BioLogos on the Genetic Evidence, Cont. Cornelius Hunter May 28, 2016 Evolution, Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology 14 It does not seem that the evidence supports evolutionary theory as Dennis Venema concludes. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date April 26, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesIntelligent DesignScientific Reasoning Tagged , __tedited, agency, alien intelligence, argument, causality, creationism, human exceptionalism, human intelligence, inference to the best explanation, intelligence, intelligent design, misrepresentation, Neil deGrasse Tyson, probabilities, PZ Myers, scientific reasoning, simulation theory, testability Neil deGrasse Tyson Says Chances of Intelligently Designed Universe “May Be Very High” David Klinghoffer April 26, 2016 Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning 4 But of course he was referring to the odds that the universe is an artificial computer simulation by advanced aliens. Read More ›
Type post Author Kirk Durston Date April 23, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionGeneticsMathematics Tagged , __tedited, bacteria, calculations, constraints, creative power, diversification, gene sequences, genetic drift, genome, infinity, junk DNA, mathematical plausibility, mathematics, mutation rate, natural selection, novel function, population size, probabilities, protein folding, rigor, search capability, testability Calculating the Maximum Number of Trials Evolution Could Have Performed Kirk Durston April 23, 2016 Evolution, Genetics, Mathematics 4 Countless people use the following rationale to justify saying there was no need for an intelligent designer behind life. Read More ›