Tag: Response to Criticism
Regarding Matzke, Coyne, and Darwin’s Doubt, a Reader Asks
“I found it funny that Jerry Coyne did not want to review the book because he was not a paleontologist…, but he supported Nick’s review even though he is not a paleontologist.”
How "Sudden" Was the Cambrian Explosion? Nick Matzke Misreads Stephen Meyer and the Paleontological Literature; New Yorker Recycles Misrepresentation
Ironically, the rarity of genes and proteins in sequence space means that even thirty million years is not nearly enough time for the neo-Darwinian mechanism to generate a new gene or protein, much less a new animal form.
More on Objections to Darwin’s Doubt from University of Texas Biologist Martin Poenie
Biologists, unlike chemists or physicists, tend to think they are doing science when they name things.
Exon Shuffling, and the Origins of Protein Folds
A frequently made claim in the scientific literature is that protein domains can be readily recombined to form novel folds.
Answering Objections to Darwin’s Doubt from University of Texas Biologist Martin Poenie
Since some of Poenie’s criticisms touch on my work, I’ll offer my perspective in a few posts, each focusing on one of Poenie’s posted comments.