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14Aug 2022 by Post

Paul Nelson: Freeing Minds Trapped in a Naturalistic Parabola

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Philosopher of biology Paul Nelson talks with host Andrew McDiarmid about pursuing intelligent design theory in a science culture committed to naturalism. Source

21Apr 2022 by Post

Dan Graur: The Core Rationale for Claiming “Junk DNA”

biologists, biology, Christie Wilcox, Dan Graur, Evolution, evolutionary processes, foresight, functionality, Intelligent Design, Junk DNA, kissing the wall, Paul Nelson, science stopper, syllogism, The Scientist, Twitter, University of Houston

This explains why many researchers, who are fully on board with evolution, nonetheless ignore Graur’s advice. Source

17Feb 2022 by Post

Cinderella Story? Transposons Gain New Respect

biology, Christie Wilcox, Cinderella, disease, Drosophila, ENCODE, Evolution, Evolution News, Intelligent Design, John Hewitt, Josefa González, Junk DNA, Michael Denton, myelin, natural selection, noncoding DNA, parasites, Paul Nelson, Pseudomonas, retrotransposons, retroviruses, Spanish Research Council, symbionts, The Scientist, transposable elements, transposons

Junk DNA has been getting redress for decades of ignominy. Now, retrotransposons and transposable elements may be next in line for a better reputation. Source

14Feb 2022 by Post

Khan Academy Misleads with Human-Chimp Genetic Similarity Argument for Common Ancestry

biology, cats, chimps, common design, DNA, DNA polymerases, DNAPs, embryos, Emily Reeves, Evolution, evolutionary transitions, fossil record, genes, genomes, homology, horses, humans, Icons of Evolution, Jonathan Wells, Khan Academy, Life Sciences, orphan genes, Paul Nelson, phylogenetic trees, proteins, Richard Dawkins, students, teachers, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Tree of Life, Zombie Science

The video compares humans and chimps, saying the latter’s behaviors and facial expressions are “eerily human.” I could say the same thing about my cat. Source

14Jan 2022 by Post

Fox News Article Shows Why Evolutionary Solutions to Adam and Eve Fail to Satisfy

Ann Gauger, Bible, BIO-Complexity, BioLogos, Christianity, Discovery Institute, Faith & Science, Fazale Rana, Fox News, Francis Collins, Genealogical Adam and Eve model, Genesis, Homo heidelbergensis, Human Origins, In Quest of the Historical Adam, Jesus Christ, Jonathan McLatchie, Joshua Swamidass, methodological naturalism, myth, Nathan Lents, Ola Hössjer, Paul Nelson, reasons to believe, Salvo Magazine, scripture, TalkAboutDoubts.com, Terrell Clemmons, The Genealogical Adam and Eve, theistic evolution, theology, william lane craig

Is William Lane Craig’s book good news for Christians? I’m not so sure, and here’s one reason why. Source

23Nov 2021 by Post

Lessons Not Learned from the Evangelical Debate over Adam and Eve

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To his credit, William Lane Craig is among those evangelicals who have been willing to question arguments against Adam and Eve. Source

01Nov 2021 by Post

Big Tech Wants to Control the Future; Here’s What We Can Do About That

1984, algorithms, Ann Gauger, Big Tech, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, censorship, Darwin’s Cancel Culture, Discovery Institute, Douglas Axe, dystopia, Emily Reeves, Evolution News, free speech, George Orwell, Günter Bechly, information, Intelligent Design, John West, Jonathan Wells, memory hole, Michael Behe, Ministry of Truth, News Media, Paul Nelson, scientists, Stephen Meyer

According to the Party slogan, “Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” Source

03Sep 2021 by Post

Dawkins: A “Perfect Hierarchy” in the Tree of Life?

animals, biology, common design, creationists, Darwin Day, Darwinian evolution, DNA, Evolution, evolutionary biologists, FORA.tv, genes, hierarchy, Intelligent Design, Paul Nelson, plants, pseudogenes, Richard Dawkins, Tree of Life, YouTube videos

The “hierarchy” that Dawkins is referring to in the video is the tree of life that evolutionary biologists can generate. Source

07Jul 2021 by Post

New Paper Investigates Engineering Design Constraints on the Bacterial Flagellum

bacterial flagellum, biology, Colorado State University, computer science, cost, costs, dependency network, design triangulation, dimensions, energy needs, Engineering, form, helical propeller, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, logic controls, materials, motility, Paul Nelson, propulsion, redirection, signals, Steve Laufmann, Systems Biology, timing, Waldean Schulz, Waterfall Model

This technique of examining biology through the eyes of engineering is not necessarily new — systems biologists have been doing it for years. Source

26Mar 2021 by Post

What’s Wrong with Calling Intelligent Design “Anti-Evolution”?

Annual Review of Anthropology, anti-evolution, anti-science, Arkansas, common ancestor, creationism, dialogue, Eugenie Scott, Evolution, Intelligent Design, National Center for Science Education, natural selection, organisms, Paul Nelson, rhetoric, Stanley Weinberg, The American Biology Teacher

The term “anti-evolution” has been used for decades, over and over, by untold numbers of defenders of Darwin and critics of the theory of intelligent design. Source

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