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Evolution Is Not By Mere Chance

Evolution

Evolution by natural selection is a very simple idea that explains so much. Note that these articles are listed in reverse chronological order, meaning latest first. If you are new to the concept of evolution and want to understand it better, I recommend going to the end and starting from the first articles.

Evolution Is Not By Mere Chance

May 21, 2019 by Fergus Duniho Leave a Comment

I think every post of mine on evolution gets around to explaining why it is not a fully random process. But since the idea that evolution operates by mere chance is such a common misunderstanding, I wanted to write a post that focuses directly on that idea.

Posted in: Science Tagged: Evolution

What Is the RNA World Hypothesis?

January 22, 2017 by Fergus Duniho Leave a Comment

With some more scientific details added, this video from Stated Clearly expresses the same basic idea as I did in Abiogenesis by Natural Selection, which is that life evolved from non-living replicators that were RNA or something similar.

Posted in: Science Tagged: Evolution, Video

We are Robots

November 13, 2015 by Fergus Duniho 1 Comment



We are robots, literally. Life emerged when non-living self-replicators built autonomous machines to house, sustain, and reproduce them. We are robots, built by DNA, programmed by genes and memes.

Posted in: Science Tagged: Evolution, Meme, Memetics

Flaws in Paley’s Teleological Argument

November 11, 2015 by Fergus Duniho 3 Comments


Paley’s teleological argument for the existence of God argues that the universe is designed, but it has a hard time explaining flaws in the design, such as death, suffering, disease, and conflict.

Posted in: Religion, Science Tagged: Evolution, God

Abiogenesis by Natural Selection

November 1, 2015 by Fergus Duniho 6 Comments

Evolution by natural selection didn’t start with life. Anything that can replicate itself can evolve. Life came about from the evolution of non-living replicators.

Posted in: Science Tagged: Evolution, Video

Addressing the So-Called Seven Scientific Reasons the Theory of Evolution Cannot Be True

February 20, 2015 by Fergus Duniho Leave a Comment

R. Webster Kehr thinks that math and genetics disprove evolution. In each one of his objections, though, he shows that he doesn’t understand natural selection. This in-depth response explains where he makes his errors, and in doing so sheds greater light on how natural selection and evolution work.

Posted in: Science Tagged: Evolution

How Macroevolution Works

November 20, 2014 by Fergus Duniho Leave a Comment

Creationists make a distinction between microevolution and macroevolution, maintaining that only the former ever happens. As this article explains, their expectations that macroevolution should happen suddenly are misguided, and enough microevolution is all it takes for macroevolution to happen.

Posted in: Science Tagged: Evolution

Linguistic Creationism in the Tower of Babel

June 3, 2012 by Fergus Duniho Leave a Comment

Creationists are always quick to try to debunk biological evolution, but I have never heard of creationists trying to debunk linguistic evolution. Yet the Bible clearly states that different languages came about by intelligent design, not by evolution. In the story of the Tower of Babel, God changes the languages that the workers are speaking, so that they can no longer communicate with each other.

Posted in: Religion, Science Tagged: Evolution

The Algorithm of Natural Selection

May 28, 2012 by Fergus Duniho Leave a Comment

Evolution is an algorithmic process, and the algorithm it uses is so simple, it doesn’t even need to be programmed.

Posted in: Science Tagged: Evolution

15 Questions for Evolutionists – Answered

May 23, 2012 by Fergus Duniho Leave a Comment

A creationist website has posted 15 questions for evolutionists. Here are my answers.

Posted in: Science Tagged: Evolution, Questions
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