Tag: Darwinian theory
Lynn Margulis, Acclaimed Biologist and Critic of Neo-Darwinism, RIP
“No evidence in the vast literature of heredity changes shows unambigious evidence that random mutation itself, even with geographical isolation of populations, leads to speciation. Then how do new species come into being? How do cauliflowers descend from tiny, wild Mediterranean cabbagelike plants, or pigs from wild boars?”
The Receding Myth of “Junk DNA”
Since I published The Myth of Junk DNA in May, there has been no response from the pro-Darwin authors I criticized in it. On September 23, 2011, however, John Farrell reviewed it for the Huffington Post.
Wheel of Fortune: New Work by Thornton’s Group Supports Time-Symmetric Dollo’s Law
Let us count the ways in which “fortune” favored the evolution of the modern protein.
Judaism Without God?
“The 18th-century Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza was excommunicated from his Jewish community for equating God with nature. Today, his writings are studied by many Jews.”
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: HuffPost Reviews The Myth of Junk DNA
Yes, it’s the venerable principle of Darwinian theory that says: Whatever turns out to be the case is retrospectively recognized as having been exactly what the theory predicted.