Tag: Response to Criticism

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 6, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bilateria, biological complexity, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Marshall, Darwin's Doubt, eLife, Eumetazoa, gene regulatory networks, genes, genetic information, Hoover Institution, Hox genes, Larry Moran, Metazoa, multiverse, Nature Communications, neo-Darwinian theory, paleontology, Peter Robinson, Planulozoa, Response to Criticism, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stanford University, Stephen Meyer, U.C. Berkeley, Uncommon Knowledge, University of Toronto}

Did the Origin of Animals Require New Genes?

_{Casey Luskin
May 6, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Materialists who purport to explain the origin of nature's complexity by smuggling in information unwittingly demonstrate the need for intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 14, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, 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

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

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 6, 2019

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __k-review, 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

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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 ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 20, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, chloroquine resistance, Daniel Dennett, Darwin Devolves, Douglas Futuyma, Eugene Koonin, evolution, Genetics (journal), Jerry Coyne, Joseph Thornton, Kenneth Miller, Laurence Moran, Michael Behe, Michael Lynch, Nathan Lents, National Academy of Sciences, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nicholas Matzke, oocyte, Plasmodium falciparum, PNAS, Response to Criticism, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lenski, Robert L. Summers, Russell Doolittle, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), Stephen Jay Gould, The Edge of Evolution}

From Swamidass on Chloroquine Resistance, a Response that Doesn’t Respond

_{Casey Luskin
February 20, 2019

Evolution

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Swamidass’s response doesn’t address our main arguments, but he indicates he is impressed by what Darwinian mechanisms accomplished in generating chloroquine resistance. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 19, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, chloroquine resistance, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian mechanisms, Evolution News, Homo sapiens, John Jay College, Kenneth Miller, Laurence Moran, malaria, Michael Behe, mutations, Nathan Lents, Plasmodium falciparum, PNAS, Powerball, PZ Myers, Response to Criticism, Robert L. Summers, Science (journal), The Edge of Evolution}

On Chloroquine Resistance, Nathan Lents Severely Misrepresents Behe’s Arguments

_{Casey Luskin
February 19, 2019

Evolution

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If you’re going to engage with an individual you disagree with, it’s important to know what that person argues and to state it accurately. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 15, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwin Devolves, evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, Michael Behe, Nathan Lents, Peaceful Science, Response to Criticism, Richard Lenski, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal)}

Conversation Evolves: Richard Lenski Responds to Michael Behe

_{David Klinghoffer
February 15, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design

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Yes, Nathan Lents, finally we agree: it is “A good day for thoughtful discussion of evolution.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 15, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwin Devolves, Darwinists, DNA, evolution, Evolution News, intelligent design, Michael Behe, Response to Criticism, video course}

Behe’s Darwin Devolves — How to Follow the Criticisms and Responses

_{David Klinghoffer
February 15, 2019

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

The conversation is already well underway, with much more stimulation to come. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
February 14, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, blood-clotting cascade, Cambridge University Press, chloroquine, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, E. coli, Ernst Mayr, evolution, exaptation, Finding Darwin's God, gene duplication, hemoglobin, Hox genes, Kenneth Miller, Long Term Evolution Experiment, mammals, mutations, Nathan Lents, natural selection, neo-Darwinian evolution, olfaction, PLoS Genetics, primates, Response to Criticism, ribose, Richard Lenski, Robert L. Summers, Russell Doolittle, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), The Edge of Evolution, The Quarterly Review of Biology}

Train Wreck of a Review: A Response to Lenski et al. in Science

_{Michael Behe
February 14, 2019

Evolution

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Richard Lenski has spent decades overseeing the most extensive, most acclaimed laboratory evolution experiment conducted to date. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
February 14, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, 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 ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 14, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, antibiotic resistance, chloroquine, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, evidence, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, Genetics (journal), intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, John West, Kenneth Miller, malaria, Michael Behe, Nathan Lents, natural selection, Paul Gross, Plasmodium falciparum, Response to Criticism, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lenski, Robert L. Summers, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), Sean Carroll, The Edge of Evolution, The Greatest Show on Earth, theory, University of Georgia}

Science Review Offers False Accusations about Chloroquine Resistance

_{Casey Luskin
February 14, 2019

Evolution

21}

In one paragraph Lents et al. twice cited sources they thought contradicted Behe, and twice suggested he ignored or dismissed contrary evidence. Read More ›