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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No. 3 Story for 2025: Immaterial Genome Is Richard Sternberg’s Labor of Love

biology, Christianity, David Klinghoffer, DNA, Evolution, Faith & Science, genes, genetic instructions, geneticists, genome, Georg Cantor, immaterial genome, infinite sets, Intelligent Design, Judaism, leather shoes, Life Itself, material genome, materialism, mathematics, non-coding DNA, pearls, Plato, proteins, recombination, Richard Sternberg, Robert Rosen, set theory, sneakers, transposable elements, tsimtsum
Rick Sternberg's thought has the potential to demonstrate conclusively the need for an intelligent designer. Source
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The New Post-Junk-DNA Paradigm of Molecular Biology: RNA Genes

anomalies, BioEssays, biology, brain function, dogma, epigenetic information, Evidence, Evolution, evolutionary theory, function, gene regulation, genes, genetic programming, geochemical anomalies, inheritance, Intelligent Design, John Mattick, Junk DNA, molecular biology, non-coding DNA, paradigm shift, RNA genes, Thomas Kuhn, transgenerational memory
RNA genes have many functions but a large proportion entail gene regulation-related functions that fall within the category of epigenetics. Source
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#6 Story of 2021: Scientific Paper on Repetitive Elements Slams “Junk DNA”

bilharzia, biology, DNA, Evolution, IDEA Club, Intelligent Design, Junk DNA, ncRNAs, non-coding DNA, non-coding RNAs, paradigm, parasites, platyhelminth worm, Schistosoma mansoni, sex-determination, South Africa, southern Africa, UC San Diego
In the past, one of the most common rebuttals to ID was, “If life was designed, then why is over 90 percent of the genome composed of junk DNA?” Source
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