Duke University to Remove Access to C. W. Howell’s Dissertation with Fabrication

abstract, biochemists, C. W. Howell, Discovery Institute, dissertation, documentation, Duke University, Evolution, fabrication, Intelligent Design, investigation, Michael Behe, New York University Press, notation, Office of Counsel, public access, publishers, reputational harm
On August 27, I wrote to Duke's Office of Counsel, informing them that Howell’s book has been withdrawn by its publisher because of the fabricated quote. Source
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How a Christian Magazine and a Christian Scholar Boosted a Book with a Fabricated Quote

academic fabrication, ACLU, atheists, Brian Josephson, C. W. Howell, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Christian magazines, Christianity Today, Christians, Darwinian theory, Denis Noble, Designer Science, Discovery Institute, Dover School District, Edward Larson, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, materialists, Michael Behe, misinformation, New York University Press, Oxford University, Pulitzer Prize, Ronald Numbers, Scopes trial, secular voices, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Summer for the Gods, William Jennings Bryan
As you might have noticed, the critics of intelligent design I’m discussing here aren’t atheists or materialists. Source
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C. W. Howell in Context: A Brief History of Histories

Barbara Forrest, C. W. Howell, Center for Science and Culture, Christianity, Creationism’s Trojan Horse, Darwin Strikes Back, Designer Science, Designer Science (series), Doubts About Darwin, Dover trial, Edward Humes, Evolution, Gordy Slack, IDEA Center, Intelligent Design, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Lauri Lebo, Michael Behe, Monkey Girl, novel arguments, Paul R. Gross, PhD thesis, preconceptions, Scientific consensus, scientific papers, scientism, The Battle Over the Meaning of Everything, The Devil in Dover, Thomas Woodward
One positive aspect: Howell rightly observes that some other would-be histories of ID, especially those by written by critics, are “polemical” and “activist.” Source
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Our Lush World: Considering the Problem of Beauty

"survival of the fittest", beauty, Darwinists, Fire-Maker, geneticists, Giraffe, gratuitous beauty, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligence, intelligent beings, Intelligent Design, Jay Richards, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, nature, problem of pain, scientific discovery, Technology, The American Spectator, The Edge of Evolution, The Story of Everything, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig, zoology
“If, on the other hand, one views nature as ingenious artwork that cannot be reduced to the question of utility alone, these problems disappear.” Source
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Scholarship Hits the Fan: Designer Science Now Gone from Multiple Sites

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The lack of scrutiny and skepticism by professional academics reflects a crisis of its own. Source
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NYU Press Pulls Anti-ID Book with Fabricated Quote from Michael Behe

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“What happened is deeply ironic. This book was touted by the publisher as showing how ID's skepticism of Darwinism contributed to a ‘post-truth’ society." Source
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Dave Farina Misunderstands Behe’s Darwin Devolves

Africa, beneficial mutations, biology, C-Harlem, cellular networks, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, Dave Farina, de novo genes, degradation, Educating Dave Farina (series), Evolution, expression, generation time, genetics, information, insults, loss of function, Michael Behe, misrepresentations, name-calling, neofunctionalization, neutral mutations, non-coding DNA, population genetics, probabilistic resources, protein folding, pseudogenes, purifying selection, strawman, The Edge of Evolution, unguided processes, YouTubers
Farina’s response to my previous series is characterized by misrepresentations, selective engagement, and reliance on insults and name-calling. Source
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In Defense of The Edge of Evolution, a Response to Dave Farina

bacteria, biology, Cit+, complex molecular interactions, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Dave Farina, Educating Dave Farina (series), eukaryotes, Evolution, fitness landscapes, generation time, genetics, genomes, HIV, mammals, Michael Behe, mutation rates, mutations, patients, population sizes, proteins, The Edge of Evolution, viruses, Vpu, YouTubers
If evolution is capable of producing complex molecular interactions, the place where we would most expect to find them is in viruses like HIV. Source
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Simulations Point to Design: Learning from the History of Artificial Life

ALife, Armageddon, artificial life, bombers, bootstrappers, Christoph Adami, Computational Sciences, computer code, computer models, Core War, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian processes, Evolution, guidance, hydras, imps, Intelligent Design, Michael Behe, non-intervention, pit-trappers, quickscanners, replicators, scanners, simulations, The Evolution of Biological Information, Tierra, VENUS (simulation)
Once you introduce step-by-step guidance, you are no longer simulating an evolutionary process. Source
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Answering Dave Farina on the Lenski Experiment

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Farina offers the Lenski experiment as a purported counterexample to irreducible complexity. Source
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