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Richard Lenski is best known for his 20-year old E. coli experiment in which he claims to have captured [[evolution]] in progress, saying that bacteria made minor changes in the long-term laboratory study while insisting that it was not due to contamination.
Richard Lenski is best known for his 20-year old E. coli experiment in which he claims to have captured [[evolution]] in progress, saying that bacteria made minor changes in the long-term laboratory study while insisting that it was not due to contamination.
Lanski famously and corageously owned Conservapedia creator Andy Schlafly in an argument about the evolution of E. coli. Even though Schlafly is a fundamentalist Christian with no expertise in microbiology, he thought that somehow he knew moer about the topic than a microbiologist did.
The 2008 paper he co-authored was [[peer review]]ed in 14 days, sparking obvious questions regarding potential problems <ref>See [[Conservapedia talk:Lenski dialog]].</ref> about the thoroughness of the review. The statistical analysis in Lenski's paper has been criticized for having serious flaws.<ref>See [[Flaws in Richard Lenski Study]].</ref>
The 2008 paper he co-authored was [[peer review]]ed in 14 days, sparking obvious questions regarding potential problems <ref>See [[Conservapedia talk:Lenski dialog]].</ref> about the thoroughness of the review. The statistical analysis in Lenski's paper has been criticized for having serious flaws.<ref>See [[Flaws in Richard Lenski Study]].</ref>