tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post8019378599469500297..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: Michael Behe's third bookLarry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-90399305969656305642020-04-13T12:05:49.149-04:002020-04-13T12:05:49.149-04:00There are 373 comments on that post. You have to s...There are 373 comments on that post. You have to scroll down to the bottom of the first page and click on "load more" to see the others.Larry Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-2671366289412446262020-04-13T11:24:36.576-04:002020-04-13T11:24:36.576-04:00Thank you, Larry. I still need to read it, but I h...Thank you, Larry. I still need to read it, but I heard the same from a colleague. <br /><br />Well, I don't know what is happening, but I can't see your response to me regarding Richard Buggs. I click on the answer on the left side of the blog, but I am not redirected to your comment. ={ Joãohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06897303523201917516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-76514112287788572202020-04-13T10:52:55.273-04:002020-04-13T10:52:55.273-04:00I have read the book. It's very much like his ...I have read the book. It's very much like his first two books in that much of the data is accurate but misinterpreted. I find it interesting that Behe has learned from his critics so he now talks more about nearly-neutral mutations and random genetic drift than he did in his first two books. Unfortunately, he still doesn't seem to appreciate that the modern view of evolution invalidates the central premises of his first two books.<br /><br />Behe is a classic example of how confirmation bias influences one's view of the big picture. He over-emphasizes any facts that suggest a weakness in modern evolutionary theory and ignores any facts that support and validate evolution. Larry Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-31103453381545794512020-04-12T17:57:56.841-04:002020-04-12T17:57:56.841-04:00@Larry
have you read the book yet?
I really wann...@Larry<br /><br />have you read the book yet?<br /><br />I really wanna know your thoughts on it. Joãohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06897303523201917516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-74726288658828179182019-03-27T23:33:09.322-04:002019-03-27T23:33:09.322-04:00Utter nonesenseUtter nonesenseTruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09738149296619817246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-42491423797832537082019-01-14T18:50:10.221-05:002019-01-14T18:50:10.221-05:00I was born and grew up in Bethlehem, PA, USA, home...I was born and grew up in Bethlehem, PA, USA, home of Lehigh University, a little less than a 75 mile drive from Scranton. It's a fine university, so please put it in the right place. :-)judmarchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03111006189037693272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-68636999611491502632018-12-15T17:45:46.450-05:002018-12-15T17:45:46.450-05:00Maybe in your case "dark matter" in DNA ...Maybe in your case "dark matter" in DNA had no effect on your brain development after all. Maybe your mother drank too much diet soft-drinks? I've seen enough evidence that artificial sweeteners cause cognitive decline in brain function due to neuronal damage.Jmachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04392421995310271733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-3229218804132722018-12-14T19:30:59.234-05:002018-12-14T19:30:59.234-05:00I see "dark matter" as an attempt to mak...I see "dark matter" as an attempt to make a claim gain the cachet of physics and seem sexy, but otherwise vacuous. John Harshmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04478895397136729867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-80766545649087693922018-12-14T17:19:20.029-05:002018-12-14T17:19:20.029-05:00
Dark matter’ DNA influences brain development
ht...<br />Dark matter’ DNA influences brain development<br /><br />https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-00920-xJmachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04392421995310271733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-59350193549601592202018-12-03T17:49:42.722-05:002018-12-03T17:49:42.722-05:00Even the creationists of the Discovery Institute a...Even the creationists of the Discovery Institute are belatedly coming around to admitting that most of the genome is probably junk. Here is Ann Gauger, repeating some of the arguments that ID proponents have been stubbornly rejecting for years:<br /><br /><i>In ENCODE, scientists claimed that the majority of our DNA was functional, meaning it had some sign of biochemical activity. Transcription, methylation, a site for DNA binding, etc., any of these would qualify as functional in some sense. But even ENCODE workers admit they don’t know how much of that “function” will be meaningful.<br /><br />In the ENCODE sense, most genomic sequence is functional, thus functional sequence is common (20-80 percent was the original range offered). Just remember what function means here — biochemical function, not sequence coding for functional proteins.</i><br /><br /><a href="https://evolutionnews.org/2018/11/in-arguments-for-intelligent-design-definitions-and-assumptions-are-important/?fbclid=IwAR3v8gbN-gs_CjIRgRFgtUyru5stIIsUCSAZorN9AZz0clf6E3YaT8AegKA" rel="nofollow">In Arguments for Intelligent Design, Definitions and Assumptions Are Important</a> Faizal Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937075798809265805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-90690209451224773282018-12-01T02:40:37.391-05:002018-12-01T02:40:37.391-05:00You do understand, don’t you, that mutations in ju...You do understand, don’t you, that mutations in junk DNA can cause problems even though it’s still junk DNA?Larry Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-92144234354076015912018-12-01T02:33:45.300-05:002018-12-01T02:33:45.300-05:00It will be my tenth book if I ever get around to p...It will be my tenth book if I ever get around to publishing it.<br /><br />You don’t need to worry about junk DNA. The evidence that our genome is 90% junk is getting stronger every year. Larry Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-91436818451889091192018-11-30T18:54:56.046-05:002018-11-30T18:54:56.046-05:00There is some clear indication that the so-called ...There is some clear indication that the so-called Junk-DNA holds the mystery of Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and other congestive disorders, excluding the confirmation bias...unfortunately... Jmachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04392421995310271733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-26730198439763282902018-11-30T18:48:38.750-05:002018-11-30T18:48:38.750-05:00We are MORE SO looking forward to your FIRST BOOOK...We are MORE SO looking forward to your FIRST BOOOK on 90% plus Junk DNA thingy. We all hope that by the time you publish your book, there will be still some junk DNA left in the human genome...Jmachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04392421995310271733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-65208893890834691482018-11-27T16:16:10.091-05:002018-11-27T16:16:10.091-05:00Yes, I should have mentioned that. However it sho...Yes, I should have mentioned that. However it shows only the first tab of comments, 1 out of 16. It did not save the others.Joe Felsensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06359126552631140000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-4879375015894474152018-11-27T15:58:57.978-05:002018-11-27T15:58:57.978-05:00Hi Dr. Felsenstein,
Fortunately, the Internet Arc...Hi Dr. Felsenstein,<br /><br />Fortunately, the Internet Archive has archived the comments of this article. It can be accessed here:<br /><br />https://web.archive.org/web/20150321212214/https://pandasthumb.org/archives/2010/12/behes-review-in.html.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04231121534500170940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-54227510821149080412018-11-26T17:20:12.684-05:002018-11-26T17:20:12.684-05:00So will this be in the religion section, the "...So will this be in the religion section, the "complete bullcrap" section, or the "things so stupid only creationists will believe them" section of the bookstores?deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08279929296814513986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-74331813479774221072018-11-26T13:11:43.942-05:002018-11-26T13:11:43.942-05:00So it's just like the previous two books: evol...So it's just like the previous two books: evolution is this 19th Century fantasy, and modern science shows it to be wrong, but modern scientists, for some reason, haven't noticed.John Harshmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04478895397136729867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-17298374968162312512018-11-26T07:12:33.964-05:002018-11-26T07:12:33.964-05:00Behe is an example of a thoughtful scientist who i...<i>Behe is an example of a thoughtful scientist who is convinced evolution doesn't make sense WHILE not because of a YEC creationist foundation.</i><br /><br />Not quite correct. Behe is an example of a bad scientist who claims evolution does not make sense because of his OEC creationist foundation.Faizal Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937075798809265805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-69467790960346698902018-11-25T23:54:43.968-05:002018-11-25T23:54:43.968-05:00It should be noted re: the Panda's Thumb piece...It should be noted re: the Panda's Thumb piece, that since PT moved to github / Disqus that all past comments got lost. Actually, gone but not forgotten -- I am told they are archived and that when the PT "crew" ;earns enough about Github and Disqus they can be restored.Joe Felsensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06359126552631140000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-33296881840199695572018-11-25T20:15:39.225-05:002018-11-25T20:15:39.225-05:00Behe is an example of a thoughtful scientist who i...Behe is an example of a thoughtful scientist who is convinced evolution doesn't make sense WHILE not because of a YEC creationist foundation.<br /><br />Science is made of those who question presumptions.<br />for non yec ID 'ers and evolutionists it does come down to mutationism to have created what was created.<br />Surely its more then showing how a series of mutations could not cooperate. it must be more about whether mutations could actually do anything complicated and fantastic new complicated systems.<br /><br />Evolutionisms is famously questioned these days. Its not like 50, or 30, years ago. ID/YEC is doing okay and content and has high expectations.<br /><br />Whoops. its not the scientific community being confronted. its not the biological community. Its a tiny origin biology community.<br />ID/YEC is not taking on science or scientists in unrelated fields of speciality( i think by definition thats scientists) .<br />Just a brigade or so. no divisions or armies.<br />AND then really just the officer corp Robert Byershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05631863870635096770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-54379615078370396982018-11-25T14:22:11.251-05:002018-11-25T14:22:11.251-05:00That's my impression, as well. If so, Behe...That's my impression, as well. If so, Behe's claims were already dealt with 8 years ago:<br /><br /><a href="https://pandasthumb.org/archives/2010/12/behes-review-in.html" rel="nofollow">https://pandasthumb.org/archives/2010/12/behes-review-in.html</a><br /><br />It'll be interesting to see how Behe has responded to the criticisms made there.<br />Faizal Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937075798809265805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-51550640179122361262018-11-25T12:50:00.950-05:002018-11-25T12:50:00.950-05:00From seeing what various ID proponents expect from...From seeing what various ID proponents expect from this upcoming book Behe seems to have made an entire book out of his paper reviewing various evolution experiments where beneficial mutations were mostly of the "loss of function"-type mutations. Mikkel Rumraket Rasmussenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07670550711237457368noreply@blogger.com