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How NOT to Argue Against Irreducible Complexity

_{Jonathan McLatchie
October 9, 2023}

This roundworm produces non-flagellated sperm, though these sperm cells are amoeboid, meaning that they move by extending and retracting protrusions.

For Males, an Engineering Marvel that Originates in the Brain

_{Jonathan McLatchie
September 26, 2023}

The male erection and ejaculatory reflex require multiple physiological processes to work together in an incredible coordinated manner.

First Life Must Have Had a Minimally Reliable Replication System — A Conundrum for Materialists

_{Jonathan McLatchie
September 14, 2023}

On a design-based view, it is not particularly surprising that the first life would be finely optimized to reduce copying errors.

New Article in Science Boosts Plausibility of a Primordial Pair

_{Jonathan McLatchie
September 6, 2023}

These new developments underscore the fact that there is no room for dogmatism about claims concerning the smallest population size of humans.

Has Russell Doolittle Provided an Evolutionary Explanation of the Blood Clotting Cascade?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 28, 2023}

Doolittle predicts, from an evolutionary framework, that jawless vertebrates would have a simpler blood clotting cascade than the human system.

Why the Blood Clotting Cascade Challenges Evolution

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 24, 2023}

The coagulation cascade cannot evolve unless there is simultaneously a mechanism in hand for controlling it. Both would have to arise at the same time.

The Incredible Design of Vertebrate Blood Clotting

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 23, 2023}

Recently, a commenter on the Center for Science and Culture’s Facebook page asked about a paper by the late biochemist Russell F. Doolittle.

The Genius of the Fetal Circulatory System

_{Jonathan McLatchie
August 3, 2023}

Last week, my wife and I welcomed our first child into the world. It is difficult to imagine a more profound testimony to design.

Irreducibly Complex, Bacterial Cell Wall Manufacture Is an Evolutionary Enigma

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 25, 2023}

Evolutionary processes cannot select for some future utility that is only realized after passing through a maladaptive intermediate.

My “Debate” with Professor Dave

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 6, 2023}

On Twitter, Dr. McLatchie took some time to engage in an exchange with Farina, which reflects the quality of the latter’s thinking, such as it is.

The Design of the Seminal Fluid and Sperm Capacitation

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 3, 2023}

There is no cause in the universe that is known to have such a capacity of foresight other than intelligent design.

On the Irreducible Complexity of Sperm Cells

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 30, 2023}

Human reproduction is perhaps the quintessential example of teleology in biology.

Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Darwin Devolves

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 28, 2023}

Despite Mr. Farina’s smug condescension and patronizing demeanor, he fails to mount a credible critique of Dr. Behe’s thesis.

Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: The Edge of Evolution

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 27, 2023}

I wonder whether Farina has in fact read Behe’s book for himself, or whether he is relying upon others, such as Nathan Lents.

Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Bacterial Flagella

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 26, 2023}

The video complains about Behe’s “usage of terminology pertaining to machinery.” Is Farina going to charge the entire flagella community with dishonesty?

Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Irreducible Complexity

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 22, 2023}

The first exhibit is Lenski’s long-term evolution experiment, in which, after some 33,000 generations, bacterial cells evolved the ability to grow on citrate.

Let’s Help Harvard Understand Intelligent Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 20, 2023}

It was disappointing to see the inaccurate representation of ID, along with the poor scientific epistemology.

The Molecular Biology of Coronaviruses — Livestream Presentation Thursday

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 22, 2020}

I will discuss the distinctive aspects of coronaviruses specifically, and review the outbreaks that have been caused by this family of viruses.

The Advantages of a Bayesian Approach to ID

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 16, 2020}

Lydia McGrew gives the analogy that there is always a possibility that prehistoric civilizations did not have the ability or desire to make arrowheads.

Design in Virology? Webinars to Examine COVID-19

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 16, 2020}

The United Kingdom's Centre for Intelligent Design will host a series of YouTube livestreams, beginning this Friday, July 17.