10Sep 2021 by Post

New BIO-Complexity Paper Details Complexity of Function and Assembly of Bacterial Flagellum

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The author, Dean Schulz, an engineer with a PhD in computer science, takes a “bottom up” approach. Source
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10Sep 2021 by Post

Luskin at The Federalist — Freedom Is Threatened; Now Will You Listen?

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Critics of Darwinian theory have faced exactly such a campaign — not just recently but going back a couple of decades. Source
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07Sep 2021 by Post

Phylogenetic Conflict Is Common and the “Hierarchy” Is Far from “Perfect”

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It’s simply false for Dawkins to claim that when you compare genes of different animals, they “fall on a perfectly hierarchy — a perfect family tree.” Source
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03Sep 2021 by Post

“Do You Believe in Evolution?” A Short Answer

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You don't have time to give a 30-minute answer outlining the different meanings of the word "evolution" and the evidence pro and con for each. Source
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02Sep 2021 by Post

The Federalist on Stephen Meyer’s Latest ­— “Harder and Harder to Dismiss Intelligent Design”

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The “corporate media” is an apt formulation to describe the engine of mindless conformity that increasingly dominates our lives. Source
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01Sep 2021 by Post

Purifying Bad Results: How Origin-of-Life Researchers Cheat via “Relay Synthesis”

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This is not a question of scale — even if the “chemist’s flask” were the entire Earth. Source
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31Aug 2021 by Post

Engineering Better Explains Adaptation than Evolutionary Theory

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The genetic variation in any species is confined to a limited set of variables such as a finch beak’s thickness. Source
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