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11Jun 2021 by Post

Is There Discontinuity in Biology — And How Would We Know?

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For my part, I think it’s better to approach the data without assumptions and to let the evidence speak for itself. Source

10Jun 2021 by Post

Recognizing Design by a “Purposeful Arrangement of Parts”

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A correspondent asked about “specified complexity” and the intelligent design of the eye. Source

09Jun 2021 by Post

Erika DeBenedictis and the Cost of Playing God

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I won’t recap the splendid work Emily Reeves has already done here in dissecting the TEDx talk from a scientific angle. Source

08Jun 2021 by Post

Life Fights Entropy with Intelligent Design

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Consider: the best minds in science and engineering are trying to approach the capabilities of bacteria. Source

05Jun 2021 by Post

Dominic Halsmer: Aesthetic Arguments for Intelligent Design

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How do modularity, specificity, adaptability, durability, and other aspects of engineering systems argue for design in nature? Source

05Jun 2021 by Post

“Fin-To-Limb” Paper Shows Destructive Nature of “Evo-Devo” Mutations

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Because of the “dysmorphic” phenotype from a homozygous genotype, these mutant genes would be highly unlikely to become fixed in a population. Source

03Jun 2021 by Post

Revealing Darrel Falk’s Overstatements about Limb Bones in Fish Fins

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The interpretation of the results as showing “latent” genetic capabilities has teleological overtones that are compatible with intelligent design. Source

02Jun 2021 by Post

Darrel Falk Downplays the Ramifications of the 2016 Royal Society Meeting

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The meeting exposed the reality, hidden from the public, that leading evolutionary theorists recognize that natural selection has no real creative power. Source

31May 2021 by Post