Irreducible Complexity: A Reply and Challenge to Daniel Stern Cardinale

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I invite Stern Cardinale to attempt to provide a plausible evolutionary explanation of the origins of a complex system such as DNA replication. Source
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No. 9 Story of 2024: Suppressed Dissent About Neanderthal DNA in Modern Humans

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The case of Professor William Amos represents an interesting parallel with dissenters in the intelligent design community. Source
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Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Bacterial Flagella

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The video complains about Behe’s “usage of terminology pertaining to machinery.” Is Farina going to charge the entire flagella community with dishonesty? Source
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Human Genetic Variation — A Tale that Keeps on Telling

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If the pockmarks on the moon showed this kind of specific array surrounding each crater, we would think someone was using the moon for target practice. Source
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