Tag: terminology
Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Bacterial Flagella
The video complains about Behe’s “usage of terminology pertaining to machinery.” Is Farina going to charge the entire flagella community with dishonesty?
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.”
Nature Reviews Genetics — Pseudogene Function Is “Prematurely Dismissed”
As Seth W. Cheetham and his co-authors put it, biology suffers from “demotivation into exploring pseudogene function by the a priori assumption that they are functionless.”
Critic of Intelligent Design Acknowledges: “Bad Design” Arguments Don’t Work
It’s good to be able to report progress.
Once Again, About the Word “Darwinism”
A evolutionist complains, “They try to use ‘Darwinist’ like an albatross linking evolution to Darwin’s Victorian white supremacy.”