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==Draft of PNAS Letters Response from Conservapedia==

==Draft of PNAS Letters Response from Conservapedia==

Apologies for the delay in following up on this - I've spent the past few days attending to family priorities, and this is my first CP-related priority now that I have time at my PC again.

''Apologies for the delay in following up on this - I've spent the past few days attending to family priorities, and this is my first CP-related priority now that I have time at my PC again.

Since the guidelines for submitting PNAS Letters restricts the submissions to 250 words, the following is the draft submission I'd like to send pending Andy Schlafly's approval:

Since the guidelines for submitting PNAS Letters restricts the submissions to 250 words, the following is the draft submission I'd like to send pending Andy Schlafly's approval:''

:: Title:

:: ''Title:''

::: Identification of procedural and statistical flaws in the paper "Historical contingency and the evolution of a key innovation in an experimental population of Escherichia coli".

::: Identification of procedural and statistical flaws in the paper "Historical contingency and the evolution of a key innovation in an experimental population of Escherichia coli".

:: Author:

:: ''Author:''

::: Andrew Schlafly, B.S.E., J.D.

::: Andrew Schlafly, B.S.E., J.D.

:: Author Affiliations:

:: ''Author Affiliations:''

::: www.conservapedia.com

::: www.conservapedia.com

:: Text:

:: ''Text:''

::: An analysis of the paper and the supporting information on Professor Lenski's website has led to the identification of significant flaws which, if not refuted, negate the claim that E. Coli bacteria underwent an evolutionary beneficial mutation in the experiment.

::: An analysis of the paper and the supporting information on Professor Lenski's website has led to the identification of significant flaws which, if not refuted, negate the claim that E. Coli bacteria underwent an evolutionary beneficial mutation in the experiment.

::: I am requesting that the authors of the paper respond to each of the flaws in this forum, and submit a revision or retraction of their paper if any are held valid.

::: I am requesting that the authors of the paper respond to each of the flaws in this forum, and submit a revision or retraction of their paper if any are held valid.

Mr. Schlafly, please let me know if this is acceptable, and apply any revisions as you see fit, thanks. --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 10:38, 21 July 2008 (EDT)

''Mr. Schlafly, please let me know if this is acceptable, and apply any revisions as you see fit, thanks. --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 10:38, 21 July 2008 (EDT)''

== Expertise in Statistics ==

== Expertise in Statistics ==