Author: Casey Luskin
Darwinian Philosophy: “Darwinian Natural Selection is the Only Process that could Produce the Appearance of Purpose”
If other causes which produce purpose exist, then it’s not the case that natural selection “must have built” the apparent purpose we see throughout life.
Did Michael Behe State Exaptation has been “Shown” to Produce Irreducible Complexity?
In sum, Behe has not backed away from his strong arguments about irreducible complexity in the wake of the Dover trial.
Sunburns Point to Function for Non-Coding RNA
Some proponents of the “junk” DNA argument claim that even if non-coding DNA is transcribed into RNA, that RNA might still be functionless.
Larry Moran and I Agree: Darwinian Evolution Is “Unguided”
Dr. Moran further writes, “it is true that evolutionary theory doesn’t allow for a ‘guided’ mechanism.” Hey wait, isn’t that what I just said?
Paper Rebuffs Assumption that Pseudogenes Are Genetic “Junk,” Claims Function Is “Widespread”
“[D]iscoveries in the ancient protist T. brucei, as well as in some metazoan, indicate that pseudogene regulation is widespread in eukaryotes. Accordingly, the moniker ‘pseudogene’ has been challenged.”