Tag: Darwin on Trial
Not in the Genes: Embryonic Electric Fields
Although DNA is involved in specifying the amino acid sequences of proteins, other sources of information are needed to specify the three-dimensional structure of the embryo.
How Good is Phil Johnson’s Biology?
An unexpected defender of Johnson emerged. He was University of Chicago paleontologist David Raup.
A Modest Comeback for Lamarck, and a Reminder of the Edge of Evolution
Like the Darwinian mechanism, the Lamarckian one appears to work — insofar as it does — by knocking things out, not building them up.
Maligning Phil Johnson, with Lots of Rhetoric but Little Substance
Johnson has now come in for criticism from mathematician Jeffrey Shallit and biochemist Larry Moran.
Stephen Meyer Debates Keith Fox on Premier Radio UK
Fox acknowledges what philosopher Thomas Nagel calls the “fiendishly difficult problem” of the origin of life, but he seems to think that, given time, we’ll sort it all out.