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Among other things, we would not suffer from diseases such as cancer. 445 446Defenders of ID point out that this criticism is misplaced. Design does not imply perfection. Many things we know to be designed (such as cars) are imperfect. The âargument from imperfectionâ against ID is implicitly a theological argument, namely, that God is the designer and anything designed by God must be perfect. ID does not make that claim. <a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/mutant-destruction/" class="article-more"><span class="excerpt-more-default"> Read More ›</span></a> 447 </center> 448 449 <footer class="article-footer"></footer> 450 451</article> 452 453 454<article class="article-tease fi" data-format="quote" data-type="post"> 455 456 457 <figure class="tease-figure figured has-title has-description is-portrait ar-3-2 ar-35mm" style="background-image: url(https://iconsofevolution.com/w
457p-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/3880251210_5a86a874ee_b-600x400.jpg)"><header class="">Whales Hervery Bay 0307</header><center class=""><img src="https://iconsofevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/06/3880251210_5a86a874ee_b-600x400.jpg" alt=""/></center><footer class=""><small class="description toggler "><span>"Whales Hervery Bay _0307" by Michael Dawes @flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)</span></small></footer></figure> <header class="article-header"> 458 459 <sup class="meta"> 460<dl class="article-meta"> 461 462 <dt class="article-type"><span>Type</span></dt> 463 <dd class="article-type">post</dd> 464 465 <dt class="article-author">Author</dt> 466 <dd class="article-author">Jonathan Wells</dd> 467 468 <dt class="article-date"><span>Date</span></dt> 469 <dd class="article-date">June 5, 2017</dd> 470 471 <dl class="categories"><dt>Categories</dt><dd class="articles pcategory"><a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/category/articles/" target="_blank">Articles</a></dd></dl> 472 <dt class="article-tags"><span>Tagged</span></dt> 473 <dd class="article-tags">, <a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/tag/offsite/" rel="tag">offsite</a></dd> 474 475</dl></sup> 476 <h2><a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/whale-of-a-tale/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Whale of a Tale">Whale of a Tale</a></h2> 477 <sub class="byline"> 478<dl class="article-meta article-byline"> 479 480 <dd class="article-author"><a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/author/jwells/" target="_blank">Jonathan Wells</a></dd> 481 <dd class="article-date">June 5, 2017</dd> 482 483 <dd class="article-categories"><a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles</a></dd> 484 485 486 <dd class="article-ert" data-length=short>1</dd> 487 488</dl></sub> 489 490 </header> 491 492 <center class="article-center"> 493 494 Charles Darwin wrote in the first edition of On the Origin of Species that North American black bears had been seen âswimming for hours with widely open mouth, thus catching, like a whale, insects in the water. Even in so extreme a case as this, if the supply of insects were constant, and if better adapted competitors did not already exist in the country, I can see no difficulty in a race of bears being rendered, by natural selection, more and more aquatic in their structure... <a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/whale-of-a-tale/" class="article-more"><span class="excerpt-more-default"> Read More ›</span></a> 495 </center> 496 497 <footer class="article-footer"></footer> 498 499</article> 500 501 502<article class="article-tease fi" data-format="link" data-type="post"> 503 504 505 <figure class="tease-figure figured has-title has-alt has-description is-portrait ar-3-2 ar-35mm" style="background-image: url(https://iconsofevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/8658360640_c70fcbbba5_o-600x402.jpg)"><header class="">Geese Stepping</header><center class=""><img src="https://iconsofevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/8658360640_c70fcbbba5_o-600x402.jpg" alt="Geese Stepping"/></center><footer class=""><small class="description toggler "><span>"geese4" by Scott Grassmann @flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)</span></small></footer></figure> <header class="article-header"> 506 507 <sup class="meta"> 508<dl class="article-meta"> 509 510 <dt class="article-type"><span>Type</span></dt> 511 <dd class="article-type">post</dd> 512 513 <dt class="article-author">Author</dt> 514 <dd class="article-author">Jonathan Wells</dd> 515 516 <dt class="article-date"><span>Date</span></dt> 517 <dd class="article-date">April 19, 2017</dd> 518 519 <dl class="categories"><dt>Categories</dt><dd class="articles pcategory"><a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/category/articles/" target="_blank">Articles</a></dd></dl> 520 <dt class="article-tags"><span>Tagged</span></dt> 521 <dd class="article-tags">, <a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/tag/offsite/" rel="tag">offsite</a></dd> 522 523</dl></sup> 524 <h2><a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/goose-stepping-for-science/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Goose Stepping for Science">Goose Stepping for Science</a></h2> 525 <sub class="byline"> 526<dl class="article-meta article-byline"> 527 528 <dd class="article-author"><a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/author/jwells/" target="_blank">Jonathan Wells</a></dd> 529 <dd class="article-date">April 19, 2017</dd> 530 531 <dd class="article-categories"><a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles</a></dd> 532 533 534 <dd class="article-ert" data-length=short>4</dd> 535 536</dl></sub> 537 538 </header> 539 540 <center class="article-center"> 541 542 Imagine yourself in Moscow in 1950, taking part in a March for Science. Science in the Soviet Union had been suffering for many years under Trofim Lysenko, a third-rate biologist who promoted unsound agricultural policies. Lysenkoâs ideas appealed to Joseph Stalin, who elevated him to a high position. Eventually, all criticisms of Lysenko were prohibited. Thousands of scientists lost their jobs. Some were even imprisoned or executed. <a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/goose-stepping-for-science/" class="article-more"><span class="excerpt-more-default"> Read More ›</span></a> 543 </center> 544 545 <footer class="article-footer"></footer> 546 547</article> 548 549 550<article class="article-tease fi" data-format="link" data-type="post"> 551 552 553 <figure class="tease-figure figured has-title has-description is-portrait ar-3-2 ar-35mm" style="background-image: url(https://iconsofevolution.com/w
553p-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/one-way-863138_1920-600x400.jpg)"><header class="">one-way-863138_1920</header><center class=""><img src="https://iconsofevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/one-way-863138_1920-600x400.jpg" alt=""/></center><footer class=""><small class="description toggler "><span>Pubic Domain, https://pixabay.com/en/one-way-arrow-brick-wall-863138/</span></small></footer></figure> <header class="article-header"> 554 555 <sup class="meta"> 556<dl class="article-meta"> 557 558 <dt class="article-type"><span>Type</span></dt> 559 <dd class="article-type">post</dd> 560 561 <dt class="article-author">Author</dt> 562 <dd class="article-author">Jonathan Wells</dd> 563 564 <dt class="article-date"><span>Date</span></dt> 565 <dd class="article-date">April 18, 2017</dd> 566 567 <dl class="categories"><dt>Categories</dt><dd class="articles pcategory"><a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/category/articles/" target="_blank">Articles</a></dd></dl> 568 <dt class="article-tags"><span>Tagged</span></dt> 569 <dd class="article-tags">, <a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/tag/offsite/" rel="tag">offsite</a></dd> 570 571</dl></sup> 572 <h2><a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/the-march-for-science-is-really-a-march-for-conformity/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The March for Science is Really a March for Conformity">The March for Science is Really a March for Conformity</a></h2> 573 <sub class="byline"> 574<dl class="article-meta article-byline"> 575 576 <dd class="article-author"><a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/author/jwells/" target="_blank">Jonathan Wells</a></dd> 577 <dd class="article-date">April 18, 2017</dd> 578 579 <dd class="article-categories"><a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles</a></dd> 580 581 582 <dd class="article-ert" data-length=short>5</dd> 583 584</dl></sub> 585 586 </header> 587 588 <center class="article-center"> 589 590 I am a scientist, but I wonât be joining the worldwide March for Science April 22. Thatâs because itâs really a march for something that undermines good science. March organizers say âour diversity is our greatest strength.â They say âa wealth of opinions, perspectives, and ideas is critical for the scientific process.â <a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/the-march-for-science-is-really-a-march-for-conformity/" class="article-more"><span class="excerpt-more-default"> Read More ›</span></a> 591 </center> 592 593 <footer class="article-footer"></footer> 594 595</article> 596 597 598<article class="article-tease fi" data-format="" data-type="post"> 599 600 601 <figure class="tease-figure figured has-title has-description is-portrait ar-4-3" style="background-image: url(https://iconsofevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/10155680455_1bcb09cb9d_o-600x425.jpg)"><header class="">10155680455_1bcb09cb9d_o</header><center class=""><img src="https://iconsofevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/10155680455_1bcb09cb9d_o-600x425.jpg" alt=""/></center><footer class=""><small class="description toggler "><span>"Chengjiang Fossil Site, World Heritage Site, China" by IUCNweb @flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)</span></small></footer></figure> <header class="article-header"> 602 603 <sup class="meta"> 604<dl class="article-meta"> 605 606 <dt class="article-type"><span>Type</span></dt> 607 <dd class="article-type">post</dd> 608 609 <dt class="article-author">Author</dt> 610 <dd class="article-author">Jonathan Wells</dd> 611 612 <dt class="article-date"><span>Date</span></dt> 613 <dd class="article-date">April 17, 2014</dd> 614 615 <dl class="categories"><dt>Categories</dt><dd class="articles pcategory"><a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/category/articles/" target="_blank">Articles</a></dd></dl> 616 617</dl></sup> 618 <h2><a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/in-china-we-can-criticize-darwin/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to “In China We Can Criticize Darwin”">“In China We Can Criticize Darwin”</a></h2> 619 <sub class="byline"> 620<dl class="article-meta article-byline"> 621 622 <dd class="article-author"><a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/author/jwells/" target="_blank">Jonathan Wells</a></dd> 623 <dd class="article-date">April 17, 2014</dd> 624 625 <dd class="article-categories"><a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles</a></dd> 626 627 628 <dd class="article-ert" data-length=long>17</dd> 629 630</dl></sub> 631 632 </header> 633 634 <center class="article-center"> 635 636 In June 1999, Paul Nelson and I flew to Kunming in southern China to attend an International Symposium on The Origins of Animal Body Plans and Their Fossil Record, held at Fuxian Lake Hot Springs Resort. According to the invitation letter, the symposium would take "an integrated, interdisciplinary approach to the study of the origin and evolution of animal body plans. <a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/in-china-we-can-criticize-darwin/" class="article-more"><span class="excerpt-more-default"> Read More ›</span></a> 637 </center> 638 639 <footer class="article-footer"></footer> 640 641</article> 642 643 644<article class="article-tease fi" data-format="" data-type="post"> 645 646 647 <figure class="tease-figure figured has-title has-description is-portrait ar-3-2 ar-35mm" style="background-image: url(https://iconsofevolution.com/w
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In a review of the episode posted on the blog of the censor-everything-but-Darwinism National Center for Science Education, Josh Rosenau called the animations âcartoonish industrial machinery, rather than the messy complexity of the real molecular... <a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/flailing-blindly/" class="article-more"><span class="excerpt-more-default"> Read More ›</span></a> 683 </center> 684 685 <footer class="article-footer"></footer> 686 687</article> 688 689 690<article class="article-tease fi" data-format="" data-type="post"> 691 692 693 <figure class="tease-figure figured has-title has-description is-landscape" style="background-image: url(https://iconsofevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/2514561017_f5d6faab49_o-480x600.jpg)"><header class="">2514561017_f5d6faab49_o</header><center class=""><img src="https://iconsofevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/2514561017_f5d6faab49_o-480x600.jpg" alt=""/></center><footer class=""><small class="description toggler "><span>"Circus" by Michelle @flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)</span></small></footer></figure> <header class="article-header"> 694 695 <sup class="meta"> 696<dl class="article-meta"> 697 698 <dt class="article-type"><span>Type</span></dt> 699 <dd class="article-type">post</dd> 700 701 <dt class="article-author">Author</dt> 702 <dd class="article-author">Jonathan Wells</dd> 703 704 <dt class="article-date"><span>Date</span></dt> 705 <dd class="article-date">June 15, 2010</dd> 706 707 <dl class="categories"><dt>Categories</dt><dd class="articles pcategory"><a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/category/articles/" target="_blank">Articles</a></dd></dl> 708 709</dl></sup> 710 <h2><a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/dawkins-and-darwins-three-ring-circus/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Dawkins and Darwinâs Three-Ring Circus">Dawkins and Darwinâs Three-Ring Circus</a></h2> 711 <sub class="byline"> 712<dl class="article-meta article-byline"> 713 714 <dd class="article-author"><a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/author/jwells/" target="_blank">Jonathan Wells</a></dd> 715 <dd class="article-date">June 15, 2010</dd> 716 717 <dd class="article-categories"><a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/category/articles/" rel="category tag">Articles</a></dd> 718 719 720 <dd class="article-ert" data-length=medium>10</dd> 721 722</dl></sub> 723 724 </header> 725 726 <center class="article-center"> 727 728 Review: The Greatest Show On Earth: The Evidence for Evolution byRichard Dawkins (New York: Free Press, 2009) Some years ago an anonymous well-wisher sent Richard Dawkins a T-shirt bearing the slogan âEvolution: The Greatest Show on Earth.â The T-shirt inspired Dawkins with the title for his latest book... <a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/dawkins-and-darwins-three-ring-circus/" class="article-more"><span class="excerpt-more-default"> Read More ›</span></a> 729 </center> 730 731 <footer class="article-footer"></footer> 732 733</article> 734 735 736<article class="article-tease fi" data-format="" data-type="post"> 737 738 739 <figure class="tease-figure figured has-title has-description is-portrait" style="background-image: url(https://iconsofevolution.com/w
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Coyne is a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at The University of Chicago. In Why Evolution is True, he summarizes Darwinism â the modern theory of evolution â as follows: âLife on earth evolved gradually beginning with one primitive species â perhaps a self-replicating molecule â that lived more than 3.5 billion years ago; it then branched out over time, throwing off many new and diverse species; and the mechanism <a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/why-darwinism-is-false/" class="article-more"><span class="excerpt-more-default"> Read More ›</span></a> 775 </center> 776 777 <footer class="article-footer"></footer> 778 779</article> 780 781 782<article class="article-tease fi" data-format="" data-type="post"> 783 784 785 <figure class="tease-figure figured has-title has-description is-portrait ar-3-2 ar-35mm" style="background-image: url(https://iconsofevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/04/zebra-finch-961261-600x400.jpg)"><header class="">zebra-finch-961261</header><center class=""><img 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Galapagos Finches">Misrepresenting the Galapagos Finches</a></h2> 803 <sub class="byline"> 804<dl class="article-meta article-byline"> 805 806 <dd class="article-author"><a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/author/jwells/" target="_blank">Jonathan Wells</a></dd> 807 <dd class="article-date">February 23, 2009</dd> 808 809 <dd class="article-categories"><a href="https://iconsofevolution.com/category/articles/criticism/" rel="category tag">Criticism</a></dd> 810 811 812 <dd class="article-ert" data-length=medium>10</dd> 813 814</dl></sub> 815 816 </header> 817 818 <center class="article-center"> 819 820 According to the online critique of Explore Evolution by the National Center for Science Education: (A) EE claims that natural selection produced only oscillations in beak size in Galápagos finches, but âin the course of a few years, the size changes within species were large enough to explain the differences among the various species... <a 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