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No. 2 Story of 2023: Intelligent Design Passes the Dawkins Test

_{Casey Luskin
December 31, 2023}

After it passed his challenge, will atheist evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins now embrace the theory of intelligent design?

No. 5 Story of 2023: Peer-Reviewed Paper Finds “Neo-Darwinism Must Mutate to Survive”

_{Casey Luskin
December 28, 2023}

They conclude, “There is something besides mutations and survival of the fittest needed to explain evolution.”

Merry Christmas! No. 8 Story of 2023: Another “Vestigial” Organ Has “Absolutely Critical” Functions

_{Casey Luskin
December 25, 2023}

Unfortunately, despite the importance of this “absolutely critical” organ, some are still intent upon retaining evolutionary interpretations.

Co-Option and Protein Homology Don’t Explain the Evolution of the Flagellum

_{Casey Luskin
December 22, 2023}

Rope Kojonen wants to join “design and evolution,” but only by setting aside some of the main features of the flagellum.

It’s Intelligent Design, Not Darwinism, that Drives Scientific Progress

_{Casey Luskin
December 15, 2023}

Here is a list showing various fields where intelligent design is helping science to generate knowledge.

Want to Harmonize Evolution and Design? Consider the Bacterial Flagellum

_{Casey Luskin
December 8, 2023}

I hope it’s clear that Kojonen’s effort to harmonize evolution and design (as he envisions it) is not so easy in the case of the bacterial flagellum.

Roundup of Functions for “Junk DNA” Supports the New RNA Gene Paradigm

_{Casey Luskin
November 29, 2023}

The junk DNA paradigm may have caused us to miss the precise DNA that helps makes a species unique.

Defending Douglas Axe on the Rarity of Protein Folds

_{Brian Miller and Casey Luskin
November 29, 2023}

The following examination and defense of Dr. Axe serves as a direct, empirical test of Rope Kojonen’s design hypothesis.

The New Post-Junk-DNA Paradigm of Molecular Biology: RNA Genes

_{Casey Luskin
November 28, 2023}

RNA genes have many functions but a large proportion entail gene regulation-related functions that fall within the category of epigenetics.

Peer-Reviewed Paper Reviews Ten “Anomalies” that Contradict the Junk DNA Paradigm

_{Casey Luskin
November 27, 2023}

John Mattick uses the language of historian of science Thomas Kuhn to predict that we are witnessing a “paradigm shift” away from the concept of junk DNA.

Newly Published Paper in BioEssays Recognizes Kuhnian “Paradigm Shift” Against Junk DNA

_{Casey Luskin
November 22, 2023}

A new theory “emerges first in the mind of one or a few individuals” but then it spreads because the field faces “crisis-provoking problems.”

I Just Want to Say One Word to You: Graphene

_{Casey Luskin
November 17, 2023}

Graphene was first characterized in 2004 when two researchers took graphite and exfoliated individual sheets of graphene using scotch tape.

Were Neanderthals and Humans the Same Species?

_{Casey Luskin
November 16, 2023}

The evidence does not demonstrate that humans evolved from some kind of humanlike yet intellectually primitive precursor.

Journal Rejects Claims that Homo naledi Buried Dead, Made Rock Art, Used Fire

_{Casey Luskin
November 15, 2023}

Researchers, led by Lee Berger, had claimed in a Netflix documentary that the species buried its dead, used fire, used tools, and made rock art.

Must AI Inevitably Degenerate into Nonsense, through “Model Collapse”?

_{Casey Luskin
November 10, 2023}

AI works because humans are real creative beings, and AIs are built using gigantic amounts of diverse and creative datasets made by humans.

Passing the Turing Test Is No Guarantee of True AI

_{Casey Luskin
November 9, 2023}

A person who speaks no Chinese whatsoever inhabits a room full of file cabinets full of questions and answers — all written in Chinese.

Ray Kurzweil Predicts: The “Singularity” by 2045

_{Casey Luskin
November 8, 2023}

Under Kurzweil’s transhumanist vision of the future, AI promises us superhuman capabilities complete with heaven on earth and eternal life.

Luskin and Miller Share Highlights of Recent African Speaking Tour

_{Casey Luskin
October 18, 2023}

Is there interest and support for intelligent design in other countries besides the United States? As today's interview will show, the answer to that question is a resounding yes! On this ID The Future, geologist and attorney Casey Luskin and physicist Brian Miller talk with host Andrew McDiarmid about their recent speaking trip to South Africa and Kenya. Accompanied by historian Richard Weikart for portions of it, the trio gave a total of 65 lectures to over 4,000 people on 7 university campuses and other locations. The response was inspiring. As Luskin puts it in his blog post detailing the trip, support for intelligent design is burning brightly across the continent of Africa. Tune in to learn more about this remarkable experience.

Discovery Institute Speakers Get a Hearty Reception in Africa

_{Casey Luskin
October 11, 2023}

At the University of Eldoret, in Kenya, we were greeted with — no joke — a band and a red carpet.

Not Enough Evidence: Casey Luskin on Recent Homo Naledi Claims

_{Casey Luskin
October 9, 2023}

A recent ABC News article says the latest research about the hominid species Homo naledi "erases the idea of human exceptionalism." A new Netflix documentary suggests that humans are not that special after all. Should we believe the media hype? Or is there more to the story? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid speaks with Dr. Casey Luskin to get an update on the Homo naledi controversy. In this episode, Dr. Luskin reviews each of the three main claims about Homo naledi made by Dr. Lee Berger and his team and gives us a summary of the strongest counter-arguments. He also gives his thoughts on the recent Netflix film. "It's very important to communicate scientific ideas to the public," says Luskin. "And I think it's great when scientists do that, when they do it carefully and responsibly and they're making sure that the evidence has been thoroughly worked out...in this case, there was a sense that they had sort of put the cart before the horse."