junk shop Type post Author Daniel Witt Date June 7, 2024 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , Andreas Wagner, arrival of the fittest, automobile, Darwinian evolution, de novo genes, evolution, François Jacob, genes, intelligent design, molecular machines, predictions, Sleeping Beauties, tinkerer, William A. Dembski, Zeitgeist The Junk Shop of Andreas Wagner Daniel Witt June 7, 2024 Evolution, Intelligent Design 12 The fundamental dilemma is this: whenever you co-opt any part from an old system and put it in a new system, there are two possibilities. Read More ›
chambered nautilus Type post Author Robert F. Shedinger Date August 19, 2020 CategoriesBiologyEvolution Tagged , amino acids, Benedikt Hallgrimsson, Brian K. Hall, camera eye, Dan-Eric Nilsson, engineer, evolution, François Jacob, indoctrination, intelligent design, mollusks, mutations, natural selection, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Strickberger’s Evolution, textbooks, tinkerer, vertebrates, Wistar Institute Squeezing Out the Mystery: Final Comments on Strickberger’s Evolution Robert Shedinger August 19, 2020 Biology, Evolution 8 The phenomenon of convergent evolution suggests that natural selection fits better with the analogy of the engineer than it does the tinkerer. Read More ›
Ernst_Mayr_PLoS 2 Type post Author Robert F. Shedinger Date August 8, 2020 CategoriesBiologyEvolution Tagged , Benedikt Hallgrimsson, Brian K. Hall, convergence, convergent evolution, Darwinism, engineer, Ernst Mayr, flowering plants, François Jacob, natural selection, neo-Darwinian theory, On the Origin of Species, Simon Conway Morris, St. George Jackson Mivart, Strickberger’s Evolution, textbooks, tinkerer Ignoring the Obvious: Convergent Evolution in Strickberger’s Evolution Robert Shedinger August 8, 2020 Biology, Evolution 6 Remarkably, even Ernst Mayr was forced to tacitly acknowledge the challenge to Darwinism posed by convergence. Read More ›
