The Discovery Institute has a new video out in their series on intelligent design, about so-called “junk DNA”. Basically, there are two sides to the origins issue: the design-deniers and the design-recognizers. (And theistic evolutionists belong in the former group). These two groups make different predictions about the information in the human genome. And we can check their predictions.

First, here’s the new video:

Here is description from Evolution News:

The myth of junk DNA is much more than just an evolutionary idea that turned out to be mistaken. As the new episode of Long Story Short makes amusingly clear, it also reflects a “battle of predictions” with intelligent design. Going back to the 1970s, evolutionists predicted that, in line with their premise of a randomly generated genome, DNA would turn out to be full of Darwinian debris, playing no functional role but merely parasitic (atheist Richard Dawkins’s term) on the small portion of functional DNA.

Proponents of intelligent design said the opposite. William Dembski (1998) and Richard Sternberg (2002) predicted widespread function for the so-called “junk.” After all, as a product of care and intention, the genome ought to be comparable in a way with products of human genius, with every detail there for a reason.

On that, ID has since been massively vindicated. Scientific theories are tested by the predictions they make. If those fail, it’s a bad sign for the theory. Mainstream science journals like Science are admitting the truth about the erstwhile “junk” — even as a few diehard Darwinists like Laurence Moran at the University of Toronto deny it.

And these predictions by the design side are not new. My young Earth creationist friend even sent me this today (today is Wednesday, I always write these posts the night before and schedule them for the next morning):

While a Creation/Fall model could account for the accumulation of some random, mutationally defective “extra copies,” evolutionists felt they had a strong point that 97% “junk” DNA pointed more to evolution than intelligent design. Creationists have long suspected that this “junk DNA” will turn out to have a function. In fact, junk DNA research is now a hot topic; not only are more and more functions being detected, but it is suspected that junk DNA is full of yet-to-be-discovered “intellectual riches.

That prediction is from 1994. My friend has a whole article about Junk DNA here, with all the predictions from each side.

He says “Carl Wieland founded CMI”. CMI is Creation Ministries International, which is supposed to be the best YEC web site.

Anyway, if you missed the other videos in the series, there is a playlist, but all the videos are out of order! If you want a quick and snarky introduction to intelligent design, this is it.

In this post, I’ll be posting links to watch the new documentary for free on YouTube and Twitter (with captions in English). I also link to a a review of the movie, and a post that has citations for 70 of the major claims. And a post from just yesterday, showing how climate change alarmism causes real problems for people like you and me. Not just higher electricity prices, but harming the environment.

First, here’s the documentary available at YouTube:

It has over 142,000 views in just four days, as of time of writing.

And if you prefer Twitter / X, then you can watch it there:

With captions in English.

Here is a review from NetZero Watch.

Excerpt:

The first part of the film is about the science, about temperature and carbon-dioxide levels and their respective influences and timescales. It shows that the ‘climatic extremes’ so often reported are not extremes at all. Then it goes into the politics, examining the role of the establishment, the media and net zero, making the point that if we aren’t going to be mauled by the planet, we will be by our reaction to the putative climate crisis.

The other of that review is David Whitehouse, who has a Ph.D in Astrophysics, and has carried out research at Jodrell Bank and the Mullard Space Science Laboratory. He is a former BBC Science Correspondent and BBC News Science Editor.

That page also has the video embedded, hosted by Vimeo.

If, by some stroke of censorship, it’s taken down in all of these places, you can find it on Rumble, as well.

You can find the Annotated Bibliography for Climate: The Movie here.

Finally, I wanted to link to this post from Daily Caller, that shows how climate change alarmism costs you. Everyone knows about how green energy relies on subsidies, and raises the prices of electricity. And that happens everywhere it’s tried – California, Europe, Canada, etc.

But there are other problems with green energy, too:

A severe Texan hail storm damaged thousands of solar panels at a Fort Bend County farm causing neighbors to fear potential chemical leakage from the panels, ABC 13 reported.

The freak and severe hail storm hit the farm and its environs on March 16, causing massive property damage throughout the affected area, the outlet reported.

Are the young people who believe in global warming mythology going to be happy with results like this? Maybe we should be telling them what they are voting for.

There’s been more excellent news from Governor Ron DeSantis in Florida. I have to write about this, because people are getting really down on the way things are going these days. I just want to remind everyone that it really makes a huge difference to your mental health when you live in a red state like Tennessee or Florida. If you’re a Christian or conservative, every day in a red state is Christmas.

Here’s the latest Christmas gift from Ron DeSantis for the people of Florida, as reported in Florida’s Voice:

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Monday barring minors under 14 from creating accounts on social media platforms that employ addictive features and data collection software.

The legislation allows for 14 and 15-year-olds to create accounts on the apps with parental consent.

Additionally, the bill requires adequate age verification measures for internet sites that contains obscene or “harmful” content, unsuitable for minors.

The legislation, HB 3, was sponsored by Reps. Tyler Sirois, R-Merritt Island, Fiona McFarland, R-Sarasota, and Michele Rayner, D-St. Petersburg. Sen. Erin Grall, R-Fort Pierce, sponsored the Senate version of the bill.

House Speaker Paul Renner, R-Palm Coast, also spearheaded the effort.

The purpose of the legislation is meant to specifically target platforms that use addictive features with content catered to individuals based on algorithms that analyze user information.

Addictive features include infinite scrolling, auto-play and live streaming.

The bill does not target platforms that are simply used for one function, such as emailing and texting.

Here’s another big gift for conservatives in Florida, reported by Florida’s Voice:

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation on Wednesday to crack down on public homeless encampments across Florida.

The new Florida law bars local governments from allowing public sleeping or camping on public property without a lawful permit.

Instead, the local jurisdictions can set certain public properties or venues to be used for public camping or sleeping for up to one year.

DeSantis highlighted the massive impact of homeless camps on cities across the country and in Florida.

“We do not have any cities in the top 10 with respect to homeless,” he said. “Part of that, I think, is because we have different policies.”

[…]The legislation was brought by Sen. Jonathan Martin, R-Fort Myers, and Rep. Sam Garrison, R-Fleming Island.

And one more, also reported by Florida’s Voice, about illegal immigrants from Haiti:

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed three bills passed this year by lawmakers aimed at further cracking down on illegal immigration and illegal aliens in Florida.

He made the announcement in Polk County with Sheriff Grady Judd and other officials and lawmakers.

One bill increases penalties for illegal aliens who commit crimes in the state after already having been deported for being there illegally. The legislation increases the severity of each degree of felony by one degree: a third degree would become a second degree, a second degree a first degree, and a first degree turns into a life felony.

• DeSantis vowed that Florida will “throw the book” at illegal aliens who come back to Florida to commit crimes.
• It also increases a second degree misdemeanor to a first, and a first degree misdemeanor to a third degree felony.
• Sen. Blaise Ingoglia, R-Spring Hill, sponsored it. Reps. Kiyan Michael, R-Jacksonville, and Berny Jacques, R-Seminole, carried the House version.
• It takes effect Oct. 1.

Another bill prevents local governments from validating community IDs for illegal aliens.

• The governor noted that giving out such IDs is already not allowed, but the measure goes further in preventing them from validating such IDs.
• Ingoglia, Michael and Jacques carried the legislation.
• It takes effect July 1.

The third bill increases penalties on those who drive without a valid driver’s license.

• The legislation hikes penalties on those with a revoked, suspended, or revoked license, along with increasing penalties on repeat offenders.
• It was sponsored by Ingoglia, along with Rep. Rachel Plakon, R-Lake Mary.
• It takes effect July 1.

Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez and Attorney General Ashley Moody praised lawmakers for forwarding the bills and DeSantis for signing them.

This is all very good news for conservatives. If you live in Florida, people are not able to play the victim, and pass the costs of their decisions off onto other people.

Related posts on DeSantis’ achievements

• DeSantis’ Parental Rights in Education bill survives legal challenge
• DeSantis beats Disney’s lawsuit, while Trump loses defamation lawsuit
• DeSantis wins again: Florida bans DEI programs at public colleges
• Promise to purge the FBI, and all other government agencies who discriminate against conservatives
• All he does is win: DeSantis cuts health care costs by importing Canadian drugs
• The DeSantis plan: pay teachers well, and put teacher unions out of business
• fires district attorneys who were elected with help from George Soros
• Mamas for DeSantis: Casey DeSantis champions parent’s rights at the national level
• high tourism and low unemployment
• six-week abortion ban
• no sex-reassignment surgeries on kids
• no pronouns required in Florida schools
• no kids at drag queen shows
• pre-game prayer is allowed
• universal school choice
• making collection of union dues optional for teachers
• flying illegal immigrants to Massachusetts
• elect conservatives to school boards
• teach students about the historical record of communism
• ban grooming of young children
• protect wildlife
• banning biological males from women’s sports
• punishing Big Tech social media companies for censoring conservatives