More Fantastic Molecular Machine Videos from WehiCasey Luskin September 2, 2021I’m not claiming that these video creators support intelligent design. Frankly, I have no idea where they stand.
Evolutionary Imagination and Belief Drive False Claims of a “Four-Legged Whale”Casey Luskin September 1, 2021Perhaps this organism had four legs. Perhaps it had flippers. Perhaps it was closely related to whales. Perhaps it has nothing to do with whales.
Spectacular Video on Molecular Machines and Cell ReplicationCasey Luskin August 26, 2021Back in June I published a critique of a video posted on the popular YouTube science channel Veritasium.
Survey Artificially Inflates the Percentage of Americans who “Accept Evolution”Casey Luskin August 25, 2021Whether their question was chosen intentionally to inflate the degree of support for “evolution,” I cannot say.
Did the New York Times Just Give a Covert Nod to Meyer’s “God Hypothesis”? Casey Luskin August 20, 2021What’s different is that this time around, the discussion is far more favorable towards Meyer’s position. Here’s what columnist Ross Douthat says
Meyer in the Jerusalem Post: Farewell to the Purposeless CosmosCasey Luskin August 19, 2021From living in South Africa for more than four years, I got a good sense of African perspectives on atheism.
In Mainstream Journal, ID Theorists Explore “Waiting Times” for Coordinated MutationsCasey Luskin August 18, 2021The paper is authored by three key scientists in the intelligent design (ID) research program: Ola Hössjer, Günter Bechly, Ann Gauger.
Painting by Neanderthals? Study Makes a Design InferenceCasey Luskin August 11, 2021An observation that supports a non-natural origin is that the pigment appears only in a small, conspicuous location.
Reviewing Sapiens — Back to the Guy Who Lost His Faith Over HarariCasey Luskin August 5, 2021Podcaster Sam Davis told Justin Brierley that what did it for him was reading Yuval Noah Harari’s idea that “humanity is a weaver of stories.”
Reviewing Sapiens: An Evolutionary Deconstruction of Human RightsCasey Luskin August 3, 2021Yuval Noah Harari deconstructs the most famous line from the Declaration of Independence.
Reviewing Sapiens: Getting the Origin of Religion BackwardsCasey Luskin July 29, 2021The traditions of the Santal people entail an account of their own religious history that directly contradicts Harari’s evolutionary view.
Did Religion Evolve, or Was It Designed, to Foster Cooperation?Casey Luskin July 26, 2021Harari’s assurance about building group cohesion is simplistic and woefully insufficient to account for common characteristics of religion.
In Sapiens, Admissions and Overstatements about Human Evolutionary OriginsCasey Luskin July 22, 2021Harari’s conjecture — “There are no gods” — forms the very basis for everything he says in the rest of the book.
New Review Series — Yuval Noah Harari’s SapiensCasey Luskin July 19, 2021Earlier this year an ID-friendly scientist contacted me to ask my opinion of the book. He mentioned a former Christian who had lost his faith after reading it.
Answering an Objection: “You Can’t Measure Intelligent Design”Casey Luskin July 16, 2021We test intelligent design in the same way that we test all historical scientific theories.
Junk No Longer: ERVs Are “Integral” and “Important Components” of Immune ResponsesCasey Luskin July 9, 2021It’s another example of a paper that sounds like it could have been written by a proponent of intelligent design.
New Paper Investigates Engineering Design Constraints on the Bacterial FlagellumCasey Luskin July 7, 2021This technique of examining biology through the eyes of engineering is not necessarily new — systems biologists have been doing it for years.
Honoring Richard Lewontin, Famed Evolutionary Biologist and Sometime Critic of His Own FieldCasey Luskin July 6, 2021The quote for which Lewontin has become best known appeared in his 1997 review of a book by Carl Sagan.
Study: Planets Capable of Sustaining Photosynthesis Are Extremely RareCasey Luskin June 30, 2021So how did the paper determine that photosynthesis has an “overall simplicity,” despite the complexity just described?
Stunning Video of Chameleon-Like Abilities of CephalopodsCasey Luskin June 22, 2021Sometimes you don’t need a rigorous logical, scientific, or mathematical demonstration to reveal evidence of design in nature.