1. pharyngula
  2. The Myth of Junk DNA gets dismantled

The Myth of Junk DNA gets dismantled

By pharyngula on May 24, 2011.

Larry Moran has a copy of the hideous Mr Wells' new creationist book on junk DNA, and he's going to be taking it apart chapter by chapter. Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 are already up — it looks like it's a rather lightweight and superficial book, so I expect the Moran buzzsaw to shred it up fast.

The comments are a weird mix: the always informed and interesting Joe Felsenstein shows up, but there are some ranty clueless IDiots as well. Don't clutter it up more unless you've got something intelligent to say.

I'm seeing that I can pretty much dismiss Wells' bad book as worthless, so I'm in no hurry to pick up a copy for myself now. I probably will anyway, at some point, simply because Wells is a magnet for stupid arguments that I'll hear regurgitated many times over.

Tags
creationism

More like this

Osama bin Laden disproves Darwin!
Oh, yeah…didn't you know it was a crack team of Darwinist commandos who took out bin Laden, all to protect our secrets? David Klinghoffer doesn't go quite that far, but he does demonstrate just how insane the gang at the Discovery Institute have gotten. After all, he does claim that Obama delayed…
On Moderation
(Now that I look at the title, that sounds like an incredibly tepid harness-team command. "On, Moderation! Forward, with prudent speed!" I could clear that up by adding "Comment" in the middle, but I kind of like the image...) Over at Boing Boing, Teresa Nielsen Hayden has posted a long explanation…
Moran, Gregory, Give me a Break!
Well, it is a good thing that I have a thick skin and a good sense of humor, or I would be very put off by Larry Moran and probably T. Ryan Gregory as well. Apparently, I stepped into an ongoing partially ad hominem debate over "Junk DNA" centering on the work of John Mattick and his research…
Stuff I've Been Reading #2: Vonnegut this time, not Nick Hornby.
(previous Stuff I've Been Reading) Books Read: "The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup" by Various (finished) "The Educated Imagination" by Northrop Frye (finished) "A Man Without a Country" by Kurt Vonnegut (finished) "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris (finished) "thinking with type" by…