New “Long Story Short” Video Addresses Challenges from Junk DNA Defenders

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Of course, die-hard evolution defenders were not going to take these major shifts in thinking about “junk DNA” sitting down. Source
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The Displacement Fallacy: Evolution’s Shell Game

Conservation of Information, David Thomas, Design Inference, displacement fallacy, Eugenie Scott, Evolution, evolutionary computing, fitness, Intelligent Design, mathematics, mount improbable, Nature (journal), Peter Robinson, pigeonhole principle, Richard Dawkins, shell game, simulation, Tesla, The Blind Watchmaker, Thomas Ray, Thomas Schneider, William Shakespeare
In a shell game, an operator places a small object, like a pea, under one of three cups and then rapidly shuffles the cups to confuse observers. Source
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Fossil Friday: A Scientific Controversy About Warm-Blooded Animals

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How do popularizers of Darwinism such as Richard Dawkins react? Unsurprisingly, they just ignore the evidence. Source
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No. 2 Story of 2024: Darwinists Devolve

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One sign of a robust scientific theory is the quality of its most prominent proponents. But serious advocates of Darwinism have become an endangered species. Source
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No. 10 Story of 2024: Evolutionary Biologist Concedes Intelligent Design Is Cutting Edge

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Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying are well-known evolutionary biologists (and husband and wife) with a podcast. Source
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“Doesn’t the Fossil Record Prove Darwinian Theory?”

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You’ve heard that challenge a million times. But as paleontologist Günter Bechly explains, the opposite is true. Source
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On Giving Tuesday, Feelings Are Not Enough

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Here was a believer, a very thoughtful one, who knew nothing about whether the God hypothesis can be defended on objective grounds. Source
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Atheist Richard Dawkins: Intelligent Design Is a “Scientific Hypothesis,” Though Mistaken

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This is a remarkable response, granting the premise of arguments for intelligent design like those of Stephen Meyer. Source
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Remembering Michael Ruse

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Paradoxically, he was ardent in his Darwinism, mild in his atheism, and fair-minded to intelligent design. Source
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