which is no longer up to date, as there are now 1204 Steves on the list<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.sciencemeetsreligion.org\/evolution\/scientists.png\")
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Note too that the numbers on the \u201cDissent from Darwin\u201d list may be inflated, since even supporters of mainstream evolutionary theory can agree with the statement \u201cWe are skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity of life. Careful examination of the evidence for Darwinian theory should be encouraged.\u201d It leaves out many elements, including sexual selection, gene transfer by viruses, and much else. And so I wonder how many of the signatories of the \u201cDissent from Darwin\u201d statement actually dissent from what mainstream biological evolution in the present day actually concludes.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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