Tag: universal common descent
Return of the Rafting Monkeys: Why Biogeography Is No Friend of Common Descent
Evolutionists have to propose, for instance, that Old World monkeys rafted across the Atlantic from Africa to South America on a natural raft.
Case Study Inadvertently Shows Why Universal Common Descent Is Untestable
Sooner or later, onlookers will realize that UCD is actually bankrupt. UCD doesn’t pay its bills, because it can’t.
New Book, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, Answers Key Questions on Intelligent Design
“If anyone thinks that the study of science and faith should be disparate disciplines, here are more than 656 reasons why they’re wrong.”
“Is Popperian Falsification Useful in Biology?”
A theory that “tolerates exceptions” is doing no work at all, simply wandering along behind the data like a puppy on a leash.
A Forest, Not a Tree? Nelson Asks Why Universal Common Descent Needn’t “Pay” for Failures
Maybe life is not a tree but, as biologists are finding to be increasingly likely, a forest or an orchard. But then what are the consequences for strict naturalism?