Category: Evolution
Jerry Coyne Hasn’t Understood a Word David Berlinski Said
David’s insults no doubt leave a mark. But an elegant one.
For Anyone Who Enjoys Pondering the Protean Flexibility of Evolutionary Theory…
Evolution predicts X. We observe ~X. Now what?
Majestic Ascent: Berlinski on Darwin on Trial
Phil Johnson ascended majestically above the usual point of skepticism. It was the great case of Darwin et al v. the Western Religious Tradition that occupied his attention.
Christian Post: Darwin on Trial Still Resonates 20 Years Later
Darwin on Trial “made intelligent design into an anti-evolution battle cry” that is still stirring up debate today.
Materialists Beware: The First Gene Defends a Strictly Scientific, Non-Materialist Conception of Biological Origins
Can a book that is essentially devoid of the term “intelligent design,” doesn’t talk about “specified complexity,” and makes only scant mention of “irreducible complexity,” offer an argument that is friendly to teleology in biology? A new technical book, The First Gene, edited by Gene Emergence Project director David L. Abel, shows that the answer to that question is “yes.” Materialists will not like this book because its arguments are 100% scientific, devoid of religious, political, or cultural concerns, and most importantly, compelling. The arguments in The First Gene are rooted in what Abel calls “ProtoBioSemiotics” or “ProtoBioCybernetics,” which according to Abel answers questions like: How did a prebiotic natural environment of mere mass/energy interactions generate meaningful, functional messages? How Read More ›