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Casey Luskin

Date
February 20, 2019

Categories
Evolution
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, __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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Casey Luskin

Date
February 19, 2019

Categories
Evolution
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, __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
Michael Behe

Date
February 14, 2019

Categories
Evolution
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, __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
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

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

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Author
John G. West

Date
February 11, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, blood-clotting cascade, chloroquine, Darwin Devolves, Escherichia coli, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Francis Collins, fraud, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jerry Coyne, Karl Giberson, Kenneth Miller, malaria, Michael Behe, Nathan Lents, Response to Criticism, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lenski, S. Joshua Swamidass, Science (journal), Stephen Meyer, The Edge of Evolution, waiting-time problem, William A. Dembski}

Darwinists Devolve: Review by Swamidass, Lenski, and Lents Borders on Fraud

_{John G. West
February 11, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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I found their review utterly convincing — although probably not in the way the authors might hope. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
January 31, 2019

Categories
Scientific Freedom
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, __k-review, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, David Klinghoffer, Douglas Axe, Eugene Koonin, Irreducible Complexity, Kevin Williamson, Lehigh University, molecular evolution, multiverse, National Academy of Sciences, National Institutes of Health, National Review, PNAS, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Richard Sternberg, Scott Minnich, stem, Stephen Meyer, The Edge of Evolution, theoretical biology, University of Idaho}

When It Comes to Origins Science, Is PNAS Really “Ready When You Are”?

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 31, 2019

Scientific Freedom

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Kevin Williamson imagines that scientists are free to “slug it out” in journals and other academic settings, so that the truth reliably emerges. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
January 27, 2019

Categories
Evolution
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, __k-review, bacteria, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, disorder, E. coli, English, evolution, genes, humans, malaria, Michael Behe, natural processes, natural selection, nature, order, Richard Lenski, Spanish, The Edge of Evolution, universe}

Darwinism — Like Every Other Known Natural Process — Devolves

_{Granville Sewell
January 27, 2019

Evolution

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Natural selection is not, after all, the one natural process in the universe that can make nature run backward. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Reeves

Date
December 5, 2018

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, bacterial flagellum, Center for Science and Culture, classroom, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, evolution, Galápagos finches, gene regulatory networks, HarperOne, Hawaii, high school, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Lehigh University, media, Michael Behe, mollusks, mosses, neo-Darwinian theory, outboard motor, stator, textbooks, The Edge of Evolution, video course}

Behe’s New Video Course — No Spoilers Here

_{Daniel Reeves
December 5, 2018

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Let’s just say that Michael Behe’s latest work has further refined his edge of evolution, in a highly significant way. Intrigued? Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 26, 2018

Categories
Evolution
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, __k-review, adaptive mutations, ants, bacteria, bacteriophages, BioEssays, Cell (journal), cetaceans, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, deletions, Eugene Koonin, evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, geneticists, horizontal gene transfer, insertions, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, mutations, polar bears, The Edge of Evolution, The Quarterly Review of Biology, viruses}

Bacteriophages, Budding Yeast, and Behe’s Vindication

_{Ann Gauger
November 26, 2018

Evolution

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It’s been known for some time that bacteria evade antibiotics by mutating the target of the antibiotic, often at a cost to themselves. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 24, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, Ann Gauger, critics, Darwin Devolves, DNA, evolution, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Michael Behe, Peaceful Science, S. Joshua Swamidass, scientific establishment, The Edge of Evolution, Uncommon Descent, Washington University}

Michael Behe and His Critics

_{David Klinghoffer
November 24, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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If the past is any guide, where the critics are substantive rather than snarky or patronizing, we’re in for a good debate. Read More ›