The Current Status of Ewert's Dependency Graph of Life

[Dan_Eastwood]

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@swamidass you really should be chiming in here since you are not only an expert in this area but you are a theist.

Do you agree with @John_Harshman? Is Winston beating a dead horse and just wasting his time?

There is a long discussion with @Winston_Ewert from a few year ago - I’ll link it later - dog demands walkies!

@Meerkat_SK5 Found it!

Winston Ewert: The Dependency Graph of Life

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 there will be consequences] This article is being drummed up by a past interlocutor of @vjtorley and myself (@Cornelius_Hunter) here on this forum thread: It has always been known that the common descent model fails, both from a long list of particular examples, as well as in systematic studies. But what might a better model be? Winston Ewert’s new paper (http://bio-complexity.org/ojs/index.php/main/article/view/BIO-C.2018.3 11) presents a dependency graph model, inspired by computer science. The paper uses model selection methods, and shows that the dependency graph model is a far superior model compared to common descent. New Paper Demonstrates Superiority of Design Model - Scientific Evidence - The BioLogos Forum I thought it would be worth discussing this in …

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