“Lying on the Internet”? Debunking Dave Farina on Stephen Meyer

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A lot of nonsense gets published in peer-reviewed journals and it needs expertise to separate the wheat from the chaff. Farina lacks any expertise to do this. Source
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On Cambrian Explosion, Biology Journal’s Special Issue Betrays Cause for Darwin Doubts

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The strength of a theory can be gauged by how well it stands up to attacks and how well it incorporates new evidence. Source
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