Tag: function
In “Junk DNA,” Here Are Benefits of Seeking Function
You wouldn’t toss out all the punctuation in a book as “junk ABC” now, would you? Punctuation has a function.
Will an Engineering Paradigm Supplant Darwinism?
Its summer of dominance after neo-Darwinism arose and conquered every field of biology led to an autumn of colorful just-so stories, and now a Narnian rule.
Can We Eliminate the Idea of Function from Biology? A Philosopher and a Biologist Want to Try
They propose the term “biological role” instead. Thus, presumably, “the function of teeth is chewing” becomes “the biological role of teeth is chewing.”
Does Intelligent Design Make Predictions or Retrodictions?
I would argue that a chronology of exactly what was predicted when is not dispositive as to whether a positive argument can be made.
The Positive Case for Intelligent Design in Genetics
Functionality for junk DNA is prevalent, and was successfully predicted by intelligent design.