Category: Evolution
Bernard d’Abrera on Butterfly Mimicry and the Faith of the Evolutionist
Evolutionism (with its two eldest daughters, phylogenetics and cladistics) is the only systematic synthesis in the history of the universe that proposes an Effect without a Final Cause.
“Monkeys Typing Shakespeare” Simulation Illustrates Combinatorial Inflation Problem
Natural selection works well when it can build structures in small incremental steps. But when multiple mutations are necessary to produce a selective advantage, the odds of the trait arising begin to become very small.
When Darwinism Goes Begging: Metamorphosis as “Evolution’s Freak Factory”
The theory is not mainstream, and has been ridiculed even by hardcore Darwinists. Its publication is a measure of how desperate and beggarly orthodox evolutionary theory is on the topic of metamorphosis in particular.
Critically Analyzing the Argument from Human/Chimpanzee Genetic Similarity
The problem of making premature claims that we don’t know are correct plagues Dennis Venema’s discussion of human and chimp genetic variation.
Confusing Evidence for Common Ancestry with Evidence for Random Mutation and Natural Selection
The debate over evolution and intelligent design can be confusing because some keys terms in the discussion are ambiguous.