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Regarding Matzke, Coyne, and Darwin’s Doubt, a Reader Asks
“I found it funny that Jerry Coyne did not want to review the book because he was not a paleontologist…, but he supported Nick’s review even though he is not a paleontologist.”
Why Biomimicry Beats Engineering: The Case of Spider Silk
"Human engineering is adept at using more energy to solve problems. Nature does it through the use of better information."
Dr. Hedin’s Student Could Teach Ball State University a Thing or Two
Embattled physicist Eric Hedin must be doing something right because his student, this student, has become the teacher.
How "Sudden" Was the Cambrian Explosion? Nick Matzke Misreads Stephen Meyer and the Paleontological Literature; New Yorker Recycles Misrepresentation
Ironically, the rarity of genes and proteins in sequence space means that even thirty million years is not nearly enough time for the neo-Darwinian mechanism to generate a new gene or protein, much less a new animal form.
Exon Shuffling: Evaluating the Evidence
Yesterday, I introduced the subject of exon shuffling and gave a few reasons why such a mechanism cannot explain the origins of the earliest, most ancient proteins.