Tag: University of Houston

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 14, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Dan Graur, Darwinian scientists, ENCODE, ERVs, evolution, genome, human genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, Long Story Short, non-coding DNA, onions, predictions, pseudogenes, science stopper, The Codes of Life, University of Houston}

New “Long Story” Short: “ERVs, Pseudogenes, & Onions”

_{David Klinghoffer
January 14, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Intelligent design is a “science stopper”? It “makes people stupid”? These are among the claims of some smart scientists who ought to know better. Read More ›

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Date
April 21, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biologists, Christie Wilcox, Dan Graur, evolution, evolutionary processes, foresight, functionality, intelligent design, junk DNA, Paul Nelson, science stopper, syllogism, The Scientist, Twitter, University of Houston}

Dan Graur: The Core Rationale for Claiming “Junk DNA”

_{Science and Culture
April 21, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

This explains why many researchers, who are fully on board with evolution, nonetheless ignore Graur’s advice. Read More ›

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post

Date
October 6, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bullies, Chicago, Dan Graur, ENCODE, evolution, evolutionary biologists, flatworm, intelligent design, junk DNA, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press, repetitive sequences, University of Houston}

Oxford Journal: “The Days of ‘Junk DNA’ Are Over ”

_{Science and Culture
October 6, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Since project ENCODE provoked outrage among evolutionary biologists over a decade ago, there has been a concerted campaign to defend the notion of junk DNA. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 1, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atheism, Dan Graur, ENCODE, Evolution News, fitness, genome, Genome Biology and Evolution, intelligent design, junk DNA, molecular evolution, mutations, predictions, Science (journal), University of Houston}

Paper Shows that “Mutational Load” Arguments Don’t Refute ENCODE

_{Casey Luskin
May 1, 2020

Intelligent Design

5}

Perhaps one of ENCODE’s staunchest critics has been Dan Graur, a molecular evolutionary biologist at the University of Houston. Read More ›

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post

Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 1, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Adolf Hitler, crime, denial, earthquake, free will, Germany, guilt, Hannah Arendt, Jews, Joseph Stalin, murder, naturalism, punishment, Soviet Union, tornado, Ukrainians, University of Houston}

Free Will Denial and PreCrimes

_{Michael Egnor
February 1, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

5}

If we treat criminals the way we treat natural disasters — as physical events without moral culpability — the pragmatic approach is preemption as well. Read More ›

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post

Date
July 28, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Dan Graur, ENCODE, evolution, Genome Biology and Evolution, junk DNA, Neo-Darwinism, New Scientist, New York Post, population genetics, University of Houston}

Dan Graur, Anti-ENCODE Crusader, Is Back

_{Science and Culture
July 28, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

5}

In arguing for 75 percent of the human genome as trash, has Dr. Graur slain the ENCODE dragon and rescued the Junk DNA myth? Nah. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 21, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Dan Graur, ENCODE, evolution, junk DNA, University of Houston, Zombie Science (book)}

Dan Graur, Darwin’s Reactionary

_{David Klinghoffer
June 21, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

3}

To call him this is an irony, I realize, since the University of Houston evolutionary biologist and Junk DNA diehard is a flaming left-winger. Read More ›