Tag: Jonathan Wells
Christopher Hitchens, RIP
Hitchens was a first-rate intellectual, a terrific writer and an effective provocateur.
Doug Axe: Darwinian Biology Is to Spelling as Intelligent Design Is to the Art of Writing
Looking for a good metaphor to help explain the relationship between standard Darwinian biology and the new paradigm offered by intelligent design?
The Face of a Frog: Time-Lapse Video Reveals Never-Before-Seen Bioelectric Pattern
Laura Vandenberg, lead author on the paper, says in the video that “the finding suggests that what we thought about how cells know what to make is incomplete.”
Why the “Onion Test” Fails as an Argument for “Junk DNA”
The so-called onion test, or indeed the “C-value enigma,” is predicated on unsupportable assumptions about the physiological effects of — and/or requirements for — larger genomes, many of which are contradicted by the scientific evidence.
Junk-of-the-Gaps Argument Shrinks Again
Another prominent paper has continued this trend of pushing defenders of junk DNA into yet smaller gaps in the genome.