Monthly Archives: January 2006
Common Descent at Uncommon Descent
| January 31, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution |
I have consistently argued that intelligent design neither rules out the common descent of life on Earth (Darwin’s single Tree of Life) nor restricts the implementation of design to common descent, as if that were the only possible geometry for the large-scale relationships of organisms. Thus, with regard to this forum, the truth or falsity […]
ID at Frazier Park Town Hall
| January 31, 2006 | Posted by Douglas Moran under Intelligent Design |
The ID they learned about was apparently much more scholarly, well-reasoned and attractive than what they may have read in the newspapers.
The Plausibility of (ID) Life
| January 31, 2006 | Posted by PaV under Intelligent Design |
Here are some excerpts from The Plausibility of Life, by Marc W. Kirschner and John C. Gerhart. While reading the book, I find that along the way the types of statements which follow are to be found almost everywhere . One of the objections (disingenuous, in my opinion) that the Darwinists have to ID is […]
ID at George Mason University
| January 30, 2006 | Posted by scordova under Education |
Since the topic of ID in Universities has come up elsewhere, I decided to post what is going on at George Mason University.
Pegasus Discovered!
| January 30, 2006 | Posted by Dave S. under Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design |
In browsing the New Mexicans for Science and Reason site and the Oynate Man prank (which I’d seen before but since it’s so hilarious enjoyed reading again) I came across this statement in the April Fool article explaining what would constitute real evidence against evolution:
Fred Flintstone Fossils
| January 30, 2006 | Posted by Dave S. under Intelligent Design |
Often when we ask the evolutionist what might falsifiy the notion that humans evolved sometime in recent epochs from previous non-human animal species they tell us that discovery of human and dinosaur fossils in the same strata would falsify it.
John Lynch: “I Admit It… I Teach Intelligent Design”
| January 30, 2006 | Posted by Dave S. under Education, Intelligent Design |
Arizona State University Professor of Evolutionary Biology John Lynch admits he teaches something on the topic of intelligent design. I shudder to think what it is he teaches about it but that’s neither here nor there for the point I’m about to make.
Dover – It Was All About the Book
| January 29, 2006 | Posted by Dave S. under Courts, Intelligent Design, Laws, Legal |
This article lays it out and backs it up with quotes from the opposition.
Stephen Meyer in the Daily Telegraph
| January 28, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Intelligent design is not creationism By Stephen C Meyer Daily Telegraph: 28/01/2006. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/01/28/do2803.xml In 2004, the distinguished philosopher Antony Flew of the University of Reading made worldwide news when he repudiated a lifelong commitment to atheism and affirmed the reality of some kind of a creator. Flew cited evidence of intelligent design in DNA and […]
ID in the official curriculum at the University of Bern
| January 28, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
This just in from a colleague about the internationalizing of ID: ID is part of an university lecture on the University of Bern. The lecture is called “Philosophy of Biology” and organized by Prof. Dr. Gerd Graßhoff.
Evidence for the Evolution of Complexity
| January 28, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design |
Here’s a revealing quote from Neil Greenspan about the evolution of complexity: In fact, there is no evidence of any kind to indicate that the magnitude of a system’s complexity poses any sort of barrier to an origin through evolution, as opposed to an origin through design by an intelligent agent. (source) Let me suggest […]
The better the technology, the stronger the design inferences
| January 28, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Legal |
He Did It By EUGENE H. METHVIN January 28, 2006; Page A9 On May 20, 1992, the state of Virginia executed Roger Coleman, defying a global outcry that included Pope John Paul II, Time and Newsweek. A circus of 50 cameras and 14 satellite trucks crawling with newscasters from as far away as Japan crowded […]
Harris Poll Shows ID Support Rises Fastest With Education
| January 27, 2006 | Posted by Dave S. under Darwinism, Education, Evolution, Intelligent Design |
From Table 7 of the Harris Poll Belief in Evolution doubles from 17% to 35% as education goes from high school to postgrad. Belief in ID triples from 6% to 17% as education goes from high school to postgrad.
Harris Poll on ID
| January 27, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
From a colleague: Harris Poll: http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=581 According to Table 7, belief in Intelligent Design increases with increasing education. (Ditto for evolution.) According to Table 8, belief in ID is more common among Democrats than Republicans. (Ditto for evolution.) According to Table 9, belief in ID is more common in the Northeastern and Western USA and […]
Attack IDeas – Not the People Who Hold Them
| January 27, 2006 | Posted by Dave S. under Intelligent Design |
BBC Horizon Production: “A War on Science”
| January 27, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/war.shtml (Yes, that’s me.)
Oldie but goodie: Berlinski reviews Dawkins
| January 27, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution |
http://www.refcm.org/RICDiscussions/Science-Scripture/X%20Evolution/keeping_an_eye_on_evolution.htm
[Off Topic:] Baylor’s New President Being Neutralized?
| January 26, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Education |
A religious college that sticks to its traditions is not  or at least not automatically  guilty of intolerance. . . . What is going on at Baylor University when the provost undercuts the new president, John Lilley, by promising that he won’t be allowed to interview new candidates for faculty positions? For rest […]
The Intelligent Design “Scam”
| January 26, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/view/2624/1/147/
Julian Huxley’s Confession
| January 26, 2006 | Posted by Dave S. under Biology, Evolution, Science |
By popular demand… Julian Huxley’s Confession by John A. Davison
