Tag: Junk DNA
New Scientific Research Papers Published Since Myth of Junk DNA Confirm Jonathan Wells’ Thesis
Recently published literature has overwhelmingly confirmed Jonathan Wells’ thesis in The Myth of Junk DNA, refuting the ID critics who still cling to the neo-Darwinian story.
The Myth of Junk DNA Grows With the Telling
It looks like Dr. Wells sampled the water just as the tide was starting to come in, and it’s still rising.
“If Meyer taught us to read DNA, Wells teaches us to sing it.”
The Myth of Junk DNA is a well-written book that manages to accomplish two separate tasks: to silence the Darwinists who claimed that recent genomic discoveries supported their dystopic version of The Signature in the Cell; and to bring all of us up-to-date on the breath-taking mysteries being decoded from this ancient script.
At Forbes, John Farrell Joins in “Ayala’ing” of Jonathan Wells
Farrell thinks the myth of junk DNA is itself a myth — that “scientists never dismissed junk DNA in the literature.” In other words, Wells has set up a straw man. Of course, not having looked at the book, Farrell can’t have consulted Dr. Wells’s fifty pages of notes documenting his argument.
Has Forbes.com Critic of The Myth of Junk DNA Read the Book?
Over at his Forbes.com blog, John Farrell has written a critique of Jonathan Wells’ new book The Myth of Junk DNA. The only problem is that many of the arguments Farrell critiques aren’t ones that Jonathan Wells makes in the book. Below is a comment I posted on Mr. Farrell’s blog in response: Dear Mr. Farrell, Have you read Jonathan wells’ book The Myth of Junk DNA? I don’t mean to be cheeky, but frankly, it doesn’t seem like you have. The Myth of Junk DNA either doesn’t make the arguments you claim it does about a perfect mutation-free or disease-free genome, or it refutes the arguments you make in your post. Regarding the latter problem, your post is logically Read More ›