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He concluded that this enzyme has no further capacity to increase its resistance-conferring activity, at least not through "darwinian" mechanisms.
Behe's Test, Take 2 2008
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I'm trying to get you to see that a single failure of selection to yield a particular result tells us precisely nothing about the "darwinian" process itself.
Behe's Test, Take 2 2008
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The latter will go through the darwinian experience of spending money to gain some future return.
Of Markets and Ideas, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Rather than saying, "Ah, well Behe's edge doesn't work in this case" (as often as not by case-mining), why not say, "The concept of an edge of evolution" (which is what the real problem is in darwinian terms, after all) "is irrelevant, because …. neutral mutations are a lot more widespread than we thought."
Behe's Test 2008
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So point mutations are the best means of variation that darwinian evolution could depend on.
Behe's Test 2008
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Must be a “darwinian” slip given how I equate anti-evolution activists with panhandlers.
Cornelius Hunter: Telltale Traces of a Non-Evolutionary Theory Sighted - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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If there are any adults here, we already know how social darwinian un-natural selection works. —
The Early Word: Previewing Obama’s Blagojevich Report - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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I remember Behe suggesting that these mutations can't be the typical ones for darwinian evolution.
Behe's Test 2008
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Answers on both sides range from 'yes' to 'no' to 'depends on what you mean by darwinian'.
Bunny and a Book 2008
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Answers on both sides range from 'yes' to 'no' to 'depends on what you mean by darwinian'.
Bunny and a Book 2008
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