Category: Evolution
Ouch: A Slashing New Anti-Darwin Biography from Darwin’s Own Publisher
The English literacy critic and biographer A.N. Wilson is a brilliant writer. We’ve been aware for some time that he’s a Darwin skeptic, too.
Evolution Confirmed? The Philosophy of Naturalism
If one insists on and is committed to naturalism, then naturalistic, evolutionary, explanations are what you will find.
On Origin of Life, Synthetic Chemist James Tour Delivers Chastisement to Jeremy England
“[U]nder certain conditions, matter inexorably acquires the key physical attribute associated with life.” Oh, really, does it?
Textbooks Refuted — Three Case Studies
If textbooks evolve, then what we thought we knew yesterday is no longer true today.
National Association of Biology Teachers Versus the Ribosome
Theodosius Dobzhansky famously wrote in 1973 that “Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution.”
Hailed as the “Next Darwin,” MIT’s Jeremy England Sheds Little Light on Life’s Origins
England’s research is focused on the wrong question. Origin-of-life theories are not helped by identifying processes that efficiently dissipate energy.
Slam Dunk? Once Again, It’s the “Evolution Is a Theory” Thus “Overwhelmingly Supported” Fallacy
University of Glasgow chemist Paul Braterman explains “How to slam dunk creationists.”
Evolution’s Third Rail — Transgenerational Epigenetics Can Have a Profound Impact
It is an enormous problem to explain how such capabilities evolved.
Does Similarity Imply Common Ancestry?
According to evolution, the species arose as a consequence of random events, such as mutations.
Dan Graur, Anti-ENCODE Crusader, Is Back
In arguing for 75 percent of the human genome as trash, has Dr. Graur slain the ENCODE dragon and rescued the Junk DNA myth? Nah.