Exposing Discovery Institute Part 9: Douglas Axe

The next idiot in the hot seat is Douglas Axe, fake biologist, blog writer, and conspiracy peddler. The twist here is that this guy has actually published peer-reviewed literature. Three whole papers in fact! Not quite as surprisingly, they suck, so let's talk about exactly why they suck, with plenty of references to good literature for context. And we can learn about molecular biology in the process!

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De novo genes and E. coli: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4155...
Szostak paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
De novo promoters: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4146...

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