Monthly Archives: April 2006
Peter Ward Versus Stephen Meyer: No Contest
| April 29, 2006 | Posted by GilDodgen under Intelligent Design |
I am anxiously awaiting a transcript of the recent Ward versus Meyer debate. In the meantime you can check out the transcript of their last debate here: http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=3097 Peter Ward is way out of his league in the presence of Stephen Meyer. Frankly, I was embarrassed for Ward. Here are a few excerpts. Check out […]
Invasion of the IBM Engineers
| April 29, 2006 | Posted by Patrick under Biology, Comp. Sci. / Eng. |
http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/pr.nsf/pages/news.20060425_dna.html IBM today announced its researchers have discovered numerous DNA patterns shared by areas of the human genome that were thought to have little or no influence on its function and those areas that do. As reported today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), regions of the human genome that were […]
Charles Darwin University
| April 29, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Where instruction and indoctrination are the same thing . . . http://www.cdu.edu.au I understand this university evolved from a lower form of educational institution.
Who Wants to Sue the University of Minnesota?
| April 28, 2006 | Posted by Dave S. under Intelligent Design |
In light of Kitzmiller finding that ID is religion I decided to see exactly what PZ Myers, who votes on tenure at the University of Minnesota, said about denying tenure to people who believe in ID. In short order I found I was preceded in this investigation by author “Joy” at Telic Thoughts. So without […]
War in the making on pro-ID students?
| April 28, 2006 | Posted by scordova under Intelligent Design |
I reported earlier that Professors admit they’ll deny tenure to IDers. There are now hints the anti-ID crowd are increasingly willing to deny diplomas to PhD students, master’s students, and undergraduates. Based on news reports I’ve read and studies such as those by Steve Verhey, presently, I estimate 1/4 to 1/3 of biology freshman accept […]
A Response to Ken Miller & Judge Jones’s Straw Tests of Irreducible Complexity for the Bacterial Flagellum
| April 27, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Do Car Engines Run on Lugnuts? A Response to Ken Miller & Judge Jones’s Straw Tests of Irreducible Complexity for the Bacterial Flagellum http://www.iscid.org/boards/ubb-get_topic-f-6-t-000630.html by Casey Luskin Abstract: In Kitzmiller v. Dover, Judge John E. Jones ruled harshly against the scientific validity of intelligent design. Judge Jones ruled that the irreducible complexity of the bacterial […]
“Evolutionary Prediction” Is An Oxymoron
| April 27, 2006 | Posted by GilDodgen under Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design |
In a previous post one commenter exclaimed: “…it is perfectly reasonable to say that, since no evolutionary prediction has ever been contradicted by data, that it reasonably won’t be any time soon.” Darwinian theory predicts everything, but only after the fact. It predicts that people will be selfish, and that they will be selfless. Predictions […]
Why teach ID? Because it’s fun!
| April 27, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
The evolution of intelligent design Intelligent design gets a place in the philosophy classrooms of secular Knox College By Liz Kemmerer (April 27, 2006) Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., recently completed its first run of a one-of-a-kind course taught by a one-of-a-kind professor. In December, Martin Roth, a professor of philosophy of science at the […]
Stephen Meyer vs. Peter Ward Debate
| April 27, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Here’s a report from a colleague about a debate last night in Seattle: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 A packed house at Seattle’s Town Hall saw Dr. Stephen Meyer of the Discovery Institute debate Dr. Peter Ward of the University of Washington on the topic of “Intelligent Design v. Evolution.” Meyer was excellent in his overall […]
Leave it to those progressive Europeans . . .
| April 26, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Socialists: Give apes human rights Tuesday, April 25, 2006 Spain Herald: http://www.spainherald.com/3438.html The Spanish Socialist Party will introduce a bill in the Congress of Deputies calling for “the immediate inclusion of (simians) in the category of persons, and that they be given the moral and legal protection that currently are only enjoyed by human beings.” […]
A Deistic Rebuttal of “Dogmatic Atheism and Scientific Ignorance”
| April 26, 2006 | Posted by crandaddy under Intelligent Design |
In this essay, deist Peter Murphy charges those he calls “active” or “dogmatic” atheists with being “scientifically illiterate, illogical, and cynical”. Poor Mr. Murphy. I guess he just doesn’t realize that by challenging materialistic dogma established fact, he’s just exposed himself as a Bible thumpin’ Christian fundy. I wonder what role in that dastardly Wedge […]
A case where the Explanatory Filter applies?
| April 26, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Can someone find out just how extensive some of the passages were that paralleled Megan McCafferty’s work? If we feed these parallels into the Explanatory Filter, are we entitled to draw a design inference and thus conclude that Viswanathan was plagiarizing? –WmAD Teenage Author Apologizes to Novelist Apr 26 9:29 AM US/Eastern BOSTON Teenage author […]
Ann Coulter weighs in on Darwinism
| April 26, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
I’m happy to report that I was in constant correspondence with Ann regarding her chapters on Darwinism — indeed, I take all responsibility for any errors in those chapters. 🙂 . . . Though liberalism rejects the idea of God and reviles people of faith, it bears all the attributes of a religion itself. In […]
New York Academy of Sciences keeps the world safe for Darwinism
| April 25, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Go here and here for an account of a conference held last weekend by the New York Academy of Sciences entitled “Teaching Evolution and the Nature of Science” (See here for the conference webpage, and here for the event flyer). With a Darwinian all-star lineup (Bruce Alberts, Ken Miller, Rob Pennock, etc.), speakers instructed the […]
ID Course at U of Toronto
| April 25, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
This past term (Jan – Apr 2006), the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at the University of Toronto offered a graduate course called “HPS 1046H – Teleology, Adaptation and Design”, taught by Denis Walsh. Here is the summary: HPS1046: Special Topics: Teleology, Adaptation and Design (D. Walsh) Evolutionary biology, unlike […]
Christianity Today article placing creationism in opposition to ID
| April 25, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Christianity Today, Week of April 24 The Other ID Opponents Traditional creationists see Intelligent Design as an attack on the Bible. by Rob Moll | posted 04/25/2006 09:30 a.m. This week, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary named creationist Kurt P. Wise to replace outgoing Intelligent Design proponent William Dembski. The theological and scientific differences between Dembski […]
Keep it Coming, Guys!
| April 24, 2006 | Posted by crandaddy under Intelligent Design, Philosophy |
Pat Hayes of Red State Rabble has composed a rather prolix essay in which he sings the praises of Barbara Forrest and her monumental role in exposing ID as repackaged Creationism. Naturally, Pim van Muers at Panda’s Thumb and Ed Brayton at Dispatches from the Culture Wars are chiming in.
Roger Ebert: Film Critic, Expert on Evolution, ID Basher, and Overall Supergenius …
| April 23, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
… Or is Ebert just another clueless bonehead whose imagined expertise is in exact disproportion to his actual knowledge … Dr Dembski, Below is a letter to the editor from today’s Boulder Daily Camera (www.dailycamera.com) regarding a panel discussion at the recent University of Colorado at Boulder’s annual Conference on World Affairs. Roger Ebert has […]
Dawkins and “The Root of all Evil”
| April 22, 2006 | Posted by GilDodgen under Intelligent Design |
For those who haven’t seen it, check out this episode of The Root of all Evil. Note the editorial comments about the persecution of the “rational atheist minority,” Christian fascism, atheists suffering career damage, and the McCarthy era. What irony.
