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Casey Luskin

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Eric Hedin
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September 29, 2022
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Atheism, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
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At Evolution News: An Optimistic Solution to the Mystery of Life’s Origin

Eric Hedin
September 29, 2022
Atheism, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
It's fairly evident that non-theistic origin-of-life researchers, while seeing the daunting obstacles to any conceivable naturalistic pathway for abiogenesis, nevertheless believe that life arose naturally, not based on scientific evidence, but due to their nearly absolute determination that God's creative agency not be considered. Read More ›
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Eric Hedin
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September 26, 2022
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Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life, specified complexity
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At Evolution News: Origin of the First Self-Replicating Molecules

Eric Hedin
September 26, 2022
Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life, specified complexity
"Many variants of Stanley Miller’s experimental setup have been used in attempting to demonstrate the conversion of energy-rich, gaseous-phase chemicals into amino acids and other biomolecular monomers. But this is not nearly sufficient to generate life." Read More ›
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Eric Hedin
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September 19, 2022
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Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
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At Evolution News: Did Life First Arise by Purely Natural Means?

Eric Hedin
September 19, 2022
Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life

Walter Bradley and Casey Luskin write: Major scientific magazines and journals often feature articles on the “Biggest Unsolved Mysteries in Science”1 — and the origin of life is almost always on that list, sometimes as the number one mystery.2 In this and coming posts we will explore key challenges to a natural, chemical origin of life. We’ll examine the formation of the essential functional polymers of life — proteins, DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), and RNA (ribonucleic acid). How might these extraordinarily complex molecules have formed in oceans, lakes, or ponds from simple, naturally occurring molecular building blocks like sugars and amino acids? What is life? How does it operate? Could life originate by strictly natural means? Three Scientific Discoveries Darwin’s theory of evolution Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
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July 14, 2022
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Intelligent Design, Mind
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Jerry Coyne fires back at Egnor and Luskin

Denyse O'Leary
July 14, 2022
Intelligent Design, Mind
Having stated that he wouldn’t engage in a dialogue (which he would presumably be doing if he responded), Coyne conceded shortly afterward that “I may be forced by the laws of physics in making a few remarks.” And he makes more than a few. But he presses on: “one more before I grow ill.” Physics is a harsh master. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 14, 2022
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Intelligent Design, Mind
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At Mind Matters News: Mike Egnor to Jerry Coyne: If evil exists, so must good — and real choices!

Denyse O'Leary
July 14, 2022
Intelligent Design, Mind
Egnor to Coyne: ... when you find that your metaphysics was shared by the defense counsel at the Nazi war crime trials, you ought to reconsider your metaphysics. And I think Coyne should reconsider. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 3, 2022
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Intelligent Design, Physics
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At Mind Matters News: Why free will is philosophically and scientifically sound

Denyse O'Leary
July 3, 2022
Intelligent Design, Physics
Takehome: Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor points out that, though free will may be unpopular with atheist thinkers like biologist Darwinian evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne, science doesn’t refute it. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 28, 2022
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Culture, Darwinism
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At Mind Matters News: What’s hot and what’s not in Darwinblogs

Denyse O'Leary
June 28, 2022
Culture, Darwinism
Casey Luskin: We’ve seen a decline in the amount of high quality science writing from blogs like Panda’s Thumb. Some old voices in the Darwin blogosphere have diminished and some new ones have popped up. Jerry Coyne certainly is one of the ones that has really popped up on his very popular blog. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 18, 2022
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Intelligent Design
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Casey Luskin at Hillfaith: Using the Positive Case for Intelligent Design to Answer Common Objections

Denyse O'Leary
May 18, 2022
Intelligent Design
Luskin: ID is not based upon what we don’t know — an argument from ignorance or gaps in our knowledge — but rather, is based upon what we do know about the origin of information-rich structures, as testified to by the observed information-generative powers of intelligent agents. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 9, 2022
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Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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Casey Luskin asks: Can claims about punctuated equilibrium accommodate the scientific data?

Denyse O'Leary
May 9, 2022
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
Luskin: Punctuated equilibrium compresses the vast majority of evolutionary change into small populations that lived during shorter segments of time, allowing too few opportunities for novel, beneficial traits to arise. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 15, 2022
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Culture, Darwinism, Genetics, Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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What? Paper on human mutation admits to “fundamentally challenging” neo-Darwinism?

Denyse O'Leary
March 15, 2022
Culture, Darwinism, Genetics, Human evolution, Intelligent Design
But Darwinism about human beings is the bread and butter of pop science media! If that’s under threat now, what will become of, for example, evolutionary psychology? Read More ›