# Office Hours **URL:** https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/c/hours/11.md [Latest](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/tags.md) --- ## [What are Office Hours?](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/what-are-office-hours/563)
**Author:** [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2018, 7:56am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/what-are-office-hours/563 "2018-07-01T07:56:45Z")
Peaceful Science hosts discussions with leading scholars in science, art, theology, philosophy, and exegesis. Contact us if you are a moderator that wants access to post here. All posts here are expected to meet high pro… --- ## [Winston Ewert: The Dependency Graph of Life](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/winston-ewert-the-dependency-graph-of-life/728)
**Author:** [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/winston-ewert-the-dependency-graph-of-life/728 "2018-07-22T01:50:19Z")
An interesting and signficant article was published at the Discovery Institute, by @Winston\_Ewert : The Dependency Graph of Life, DOI: 10.5048/BIO-C.2018.3. \[NOTE: This thread has special rules; read and follow them or … --- ## [Clinton Ohlers: Two Parables on Divine Action](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/clinton-ohlers-two-parables-on-divine-action/476)
**Author:** [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2018, 12:56am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/clinton-ohlers-two-parables-on-divine-action/476 "2018-07-20T00:56:09Z")
From July 17 through 19, we will be holding office hours with @rcohlers. Clinton is a good friend of mine is a historian with a PhD from University of Pennsylvania. He is a scholar of intellectual history. He has been st… --- ## [Brian Miller: Thermodynamics and the Origin of Life](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/brian-miller-thermodynamics-and-the-origin-of-life/1616)
**Author:** [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/brian-miller-thermodynamics-and-the-origin-of-life/1616 "2018-10-18T18:20:23Z")
Continuing the discussion from The Origin of Life: Can Science Show Intelligence Was Required?: @dga471 and @PdotdQ, I wonder what your thoughts are on this. Brian is a PhD in physics, but I couldn’t make sense of these… --- ## [Ken Keathley: Notes from Dabar and a Baptist's Hope](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/ken-keathley-notes-from-dabar-and-a-baptists-hope/568)
**Author:** [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2018, 4:09am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/ken-keathley-notes-from-dabar-and-a-baptists-hope/568 "2018-07-20T04:09:10Z")
This week, from 8am, July 5th to the 7th, we will be holding office hours on the forums with my friend Prof. @KKeathley. He is Director of the L. Russ Bush Center for Faith and Culture, Senior Professor of Theology, and… --- ## [Durston: Functional Information](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/durston-functional-information/1822)
**Author:** [@Kirk](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Kirk)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/durston-functional-information/1822 "2018-12-05T22:28:56Z")
Hello all. I appreciate the thoughtful and collegial comments, for the most part. Since my approach to estimating functional information, outlined in my TBMM paper, has been mentioned, I thought I should join the discuss… --- ## [Gauger and Mercer: Bifunctional Proteins and Protein Sequence Space](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/gauger-and-mercer-bifunctional-proteins-and-protein-sequence-space/2305)
**Author:** [@Mercer](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Mercer)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2018, 1:02am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/gauger-and-mercer-bifunctional-proteins-and-protein-sequence-space/2305 "2018-11-15T01:02:24Z")
In my previous experience discussing science with you, you didn’t read my paper (you literally claimed that we found the opposite of what we found), which is very relevant to the protein functional landscape you publish… --- ## [Daniel Deen and Joel Oesch: The Lutheran Voice and Crosswise Institute](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/daniel-deen-and-joel-oesch-the-lutheran-voice-and-crosswise-institute/721)
**Author:** [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/daniel-deen-and-joel-oesch-the-lutheran-voice-and-crosswise-institute/721 "2018-08-23T17:35:07Z")
On August 21 - August 23, we will be holding office hours with Daniel Deen (@Philosurfer) and Joel Oesch (Transhumanism and the Body - Joel Oesch on Vimeo), an LCMS Lutheran Theologian and Philosopher. They invited me t… --- ## [Paul Nelson: Testing for Common Descent (Signal + Noise?)](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/paul-nelson-testing-for-common-descent-signal-noise/2511)
**Author:** [@pnelson](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/pnelson)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/paul-nelson-testing-for-common-descent-signal-noise/2511 "2018-11-04T17:02:58Z")
Signal + noise = all the observations. I understand why evolutionary biologists protect their core commitment of universal common descent (UCD). We don’t want our central theories bounced around like a beach ball every … --- ## [Greg Cootsona: "Mere Science" and Adam's Empty Chair](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/greg-cootsona-mere-science-and-adams-empty-chair/591)
**Author:** [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2018, 4:48am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/greg-cootsona-mere-science-and-adams-empty-chair/591 "2018-08-12T04:48:41Z")
On August 8 - August 10, we will be holding office hours with @Cootsona. Greg Cootsona is Lecturer in Religious Studies and Humanities at California State University at Chico and directs Science and Theology for Emer… --- ## [Michael Alter: The Man and His Argument Against the Resurrection](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/michael-alter-the-man-and-his-argument-against-the-resurrection/1998)
**Author:** [@MJAlter](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/MJAlter)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/michael-alter-the-man-and-his-argument-against-the-resurrection/1998 "2018-10-10T14:14:41Z")
Hello Everyone: Thanks to Vincent, I just became aware of the site: Peaceful Science. \[For the past few days, I have been at the hospital to attend a family matter.\] I appreciate the discussion, from both sides of the … --- ## [John Harshman: Bottlenecks and Trans-Species Variation](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/john-harshman-bottlenecks-and-trans-species-variation/1408)
**Author:** [@John\_Harshman](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/John_Harshman)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/john-harshman-bottlenecks-and-trans-species-variation/1408 "2019-10-20T20:47:32Z")
Has anyone so far brought up the existence of loci for which humans and chimps share more than four homologous alleles, i.e. alleles for which a human allele is more closely related to the corresponding chimp allele than… --- ## [Eric Holloway: Algorithmic Specified Complexity](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/eric-holloway-algorithmic-specified-complexity/1375)
**Author:** [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/eric-holloway-algorithmic-specified-complexity/1375 "2018-09-08T15:45:06Z")
@EricMH is a recent PhD graduate from Richard Mark’s group, who is one of the leading lights of the Intelligent Design movement. @EricMH agreed to have a deeper conversation with me on one of his mentor’s key contributio… --- ## [Mantha: Genetics for Dummies](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/mantha-genetics-for-dummies/4481)
**Author:** [@Jordan](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Jordan)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/mantha-genetics-for-dummies/4481 "2019-03-17T03:02:09Z")
So, I didn’t take a lot of biology in college, and what I did I can’t remember. Now that @swamidass has introduced me to the Neutral Theory of Evolution I have some questions (pardon my ignorance). From the article quote… --- ## [Paul Giem: Isochron Dating Rocks and Magma Mixing](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/paul-giem-isochron-dating-rocks-and-magma-mixing/12703)
**Author:** [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/paul-giem-isochron-dating-rocks-and-magma-mixing/12703 "2021-08-05T17:43:34Z")
@PaulGiem reached out to me discuss a thread on the forum from a while ago (Paul Giem: Isochron or mixing line?) that references his work (https://scientifictheology.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IsochronDating.pdf). The… --- ## [Lents and Hunt: Behe And The Polar Bear's Fat](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/lents-and-hunt-behe-and-the-polar-bears-fat/4473)
**Author:** [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 5:52am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/lents-and-hunt-behe-and-the-polar-bears-fat/4473 "2019-02-15T05:52:13Z")
Great article by @art and @NLENTS Behe writes: But what precisely did the changes in polar bear APOB do to it compared to that of other mammals? When the same gene is mutated in humans and mice, studies show i… --- ## [Nathan Lents: Bad Design of the Eye?](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/nathan-lents-bad-design-of-the-eye/1491)
**Author:** [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/nathan-lents-bad-design-of-the-eye/1491 "2018-10-28T14:08:52Z")
On a TBD date, author and biologist Nathan Lents (@NLENTS) will be joining for conversation about the eye. Nathan recently published a book that is getting a lot of press, and also engagement across the spectrum: Hi… --- ## [Nathaniel Jeanson and Herman Mays: A YEC-Evolutionist Debate](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/nathaniel-jeanson-and-herman-mays-a-yec-evolutionist-debate/1501)
**Author:** [@evograd](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/evograd)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2018, 10:52am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/nathaniel-jeanson-and-herman-mays-a-yec-evolutionist-debate/1501 "2018-09-08T10:52:21Z")
The title is pretty self-explanatory. I thought I’d inform interested parties (@swamidass?) on this forum that there will be a debate between Nathaniel Jeanson (AIG) and Herman Mays (Marshall University) on the genetic a… --- ## [What if Evolution is Compatible with Design After All?](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/what-if-evolution-is-compatible-with-design-after-all/15680)
**Author:** [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/what-if-evolution-is-compatible-with-design-after-all/15680 "2023-01-17T02:37:36Z")
E. V. R. Kojonen is a philosopher that affirms evolutionary science, and uses it as an argument for divine design. He is making a philosophical/theological argument that is engaged with science, but (Unlike ID proponents… --- ## [AJ Roberts: One of The Biggest Questions](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/aj-roberts-one-of-the-biggest-questions/812)
**Author:** [@AJRoberts](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/AJRoberts)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2018, 2:38am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/aj-roberts-one-of-the-biggest-questions/812 "2018-07-26T02:38:16Z")
@swamidass has stumbled upon or walked directly into one of the biggest scientific questions that needs answering for all interested parties… what is the range of adaptability and plasticity in any one organim’s genome? … --- ## [Jonathan Bartlett: Measuring Active Information in Biological Systems](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/jonathan-bartlett-measuring-active-information-in-biological-systems/10203)
**Author:** [@johnnyb](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/johnnyb)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/jonathan-bartlett-measuring-active-information-in-biological-systems/10203 "2020-04-26T12:53:56Z")
This is meant to be a thread on my paper, Measuring Active Information in Biological Systems. Sorry I have not been participating in the initial conversation, but the conversation seemed like it was already generating m… --- ## [Dr Michael G Strauss: Adam and Eve: Genetic Evidence](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/dr-michael-g-strauss-adam-and-eve-genetic-evidence/2473)
**Author:** [@Michael\_Callen](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Michael_Callen)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2018, 5:37am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/dr-michael-g-strauss-adam-and-eve-genetic-evidence/2473 "2018-12-03T05:37:30Z")
--- ## [Randal Rauser: Is the Atheist My Neighbor?](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/randal-rauser-is-the-atheist-my-neighbor/1301)
**Author:** [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/randal-rauser-is-the-atheist-my-neighbor/1301 "2018-08-27T02:46:06Z")
On August 25 - August 26, we will be holding office hours with the theologian Randal Rauser. You can read about Rauser here: https://randalrauser.com/about/ He is a friend of @T.j\_Runyon, and I was sucked in by several… --- ## [Art Hunt to Doug Axe: Invitation to Discuss](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/art-hunt-to-doug-axe-invitation-to-discuss/1660)
**Author:** [@Art](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Art)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2019, 3:49am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/art-hunt-to-doug-axe-invitation-to-discuss/1660 "2019-08-04T03:49:19Z")
11 years ago (give or take), I posted an essay on The Panda’s Thumb that discussed what I believed to me some serious flaws in Doug Axe’s 2004 paper in the Journal of Molecular Biology, or rather, flaws in the ways that … --- ## [Nathan Lents: How Did The Eye Evolve?](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/nathan-lents-how-did-the-eye-evolve/2441)
**Author:** [@NLENTS](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/NLENTS)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/nathan-lents-how-did-the-eye-evolve/2441 "2018-10-27T13:14:07Z")
Who said it would be ten steps? --- ## [John Harshman: The Phylogeny of Crocodiles](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/john-harshman-the-phylogeny-of-crocodiles/7057)
**Author:** [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2019, 1:46am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/john-harshman-the-phylogeny-of-crocodiles/7057 "2019-08-10T01:46:18Z")
Continuing the discussion from Reviving Office Hours: See the full paper here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/10734528\_True\_and\_False\_Gharials\_A\_Nuclear\_Gene\_Phylogeny\_of\_Crocodylia. True and False Gharials: … --- ## [Gregg Davidson: Genetics, the Nephilim, and the Historicity of Adam](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/gregg-davidson-genetics-the-nephilim-and-the-historicity-of-adam/2316)
**Author:** [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/gregg-davidson-genetics-the-nephilim-and-the-historicity-of-adam/2316 "2018-10-22T17:46:06Z")
One article by a friend of @Joel\_Duff, Gregg Davidson, has not been fully engaged by us. I’d like to invite comment on it from the forum. Of note, this came out before my work on genetic and genealogical ancestry. There… --- ## [From the Beginning: Question from a High School Student](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/from-the-beginning-question-from-a-high-school-student/1133)
**Author:** [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/from-the-beginning-question-from-a-high-school-student/1133 "2018-08-19T14:25:26Z")
This summer, I was a speaker for Faith Ascent at their “Base Camp” intensive for High School Students. https://faithascentministries.com/base-camp-details/ Among other things, I was part of a panel on YEC, OEC, and wha… --- ## [Cornelius Hunter: Arguments Against Common Descent](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/cornelius-hunter-arguments-against-common-descent/741)
**Author:** [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2018, 6:13am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/cornelius-hunter-arguments-against-common-descent/741 "2018-07-24T06:13:40Z")
Continuing the discussion from Winston Ewert: The Dependency Graph of Life: So @Cornelius\_Hunter, if you’d like you can put forward something else to discuss here, where you can be the focal point. Thanks for joining u… --- ## [Clayton, Shaw and Swamidass: Questions from FaithAscent 2018](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/clayton-shaw-and-swamidass-questions-from-faithascent-2018/955)
**Author:** [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/clayton-shaw-and-swamidass-questions-from-faithascent-2018/955 "2018-08-19T21:55:17Z")
This thread has special rules, is is meant to engage questions from high schoolers, all of whom are MINORS. Do not engage in any advocacy on this thread. Keep it on topic, and take rabbit trails to another thread. If in … [Next page](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/c/hours/11.md?page=1)