Books of interest
Privileged Address: An excerpt from Neil Thomas’s Taking Leave of Darwin
One day, a longtime agnostic suddenly realized that Darwinism couldn’t be true
Ten (or so) Anti-Intelligent Design Books You Should Read
I have posted the second video in my two part book recommendation series on the YouTube channel. In the previous video I highlighted many books that argue for intelligent design. My view is that proponents of design should face the strongest criticisms possible, and not be afraid of doing so. In line with this philosophy, in this video I talk about just a handful of the many books that attempt to refute ID. Again, I would be interested to know what others think are the best books that attempt to show ID is wrong. Ten (or so) Anti-Intelligent Design Books You Should Read
Humanist philosopher James Croft goes after Steve Meyer’s Return of God Hypothesis
Ten (or so) Pro-Intelligent Design Books You Should Read
On the Design Disquisitions YouTube channel, I’ve posted a new video where I recommend several books of interest, specifically pro-ID literature. Most of the suggestions may be familiar to you, but hopefully there are a few that you’ve not read before. I also give a brief summary of the content of each book. I don’t claim that the books mentioned are necessarily the best, but I think anyone who wants to join the discussion needs to be familiar with some of these. Let me know what you would add to the list! Ten (or so) Pro-Intelligent Design Books You Should Read
Professional skeptic Michael Shermer takes on Stephen C. Meyer and his Return of God Hypothesis
Larry Moran’s new book sounds like a scorcher
From Bill Dembski: Automated driving and other failures of AI
String theory skeptic Peter Woit reflects on Stephen Hawking
Bill Dembski on how a new book expertly dissects doomsday scenarios
Larry Moran to write new book: Claims genome is 90% junk
How Darwinism wound its way into various schemes for improving American society
Avi Loeb on why he thinks Oumuamua might be an alien signal
Why Michael Denton is an important but under-recognized figure in the ID community
Here’s an interesting assessment of non-Darwinian microbiologist Michael Denton’s work: in The Miracle of the Cell he concentrates on one example of fine-tuning after another… Biologists may have once held simplistic notions about the origin of life, back in the heady days following the iconic Miller-Urey experiment. They may have thought they were on the right track toward explaining life when the double helix was discovered in the 1950s. It might have seemed that the cell was simple enough to explain by a few accidents here and a handful of lucky chemical reactions there. Research since then has put that false hope to rest. Denton’s most famous work was his 1985 book Evolution: A Theory in Crisis. It was both Read More ›