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30Jun 2025 by Post

On Human-Chimp Genetic Differences, the Critics Misstate My Arguments

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Evolution defenders generally accept the new evidence showing that humans and chimps are 15 percent genetically different but downplay the new number. Source

26Jun 2025 by Post

Critics Change the Topic: Do Human-Human Genetic Differences Matter?

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One of the common yet unexpected reactions from critics to the discovery that humans and chimps are 15 percent genetically different is to change the topic. Source

25Jun 2025 by Post

Why Is the 1 Percent Myth So Beloved?

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When a belief conflicts with common sense present-day reality, it is usually upholding an irrational value. Source

20Jun 2025 by Post

Do Large Genetic Differences Between Humans and Chimps Represent “Technical Failures”?

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The insinuation is that something went wrong in the lab during the attempted alignment process. Source

14Jun 2025 by Post

Challenged on the “1 Percent” Myth, Smithsonian Gives a Meaningless Non-Answer

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Note to President Trump: I find this pretty disrespectful to the people who pay the bills at the Smithsonian. Source

12Jun 2025 by Post

Jonathan Wells Cleared the Ground for Intelligent Design

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He had a sense of the immateriality of the genome, much like that of his friend Richard Sternberg. Source

06Jun 2025 by Post

Physicist Brian Miller: The Non-Algorithmic Nature of Life

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Immaterial? As in not material? It’s a daring proposition, to be sure, and one that has the power to change everything we understand about life. Source

30May 2025 by Post

The Paradox of Biological Reproduction

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Reproduction poses a difficult paradox for materialistic science despite the fact that we see it happen every day. Source

28Mar 2025 by Post

Nobelist Thomas Cech on “Junk RNA”

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We can add this prominent biochemist to the ever-growing list of scientists who reject the “junk DNA” paradigm. Or, more pertinently, the junk RNA paradigm. Source

14Feb 2025 by Post

How Evolutionists Overlook Signatures of Design — The Case of Koalas

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I note and discuss an astounding case of convergence between humans and koalas, “the only non-primates with fingerprints.” Source

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