Evolution
“Smithsonian Distances Itself From Controversial Film”
Smithsonian Distances Itself From Controversial Film
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/01/AR2005060101986.html
By Tommy Nguyen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, June 2, 2005; Page C01
The controversy over the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History’s decision to allow a documentary based on “intelligent design” — the theory that life is so meticulously complex that a divine intelligence must have designed it — to be played at one of its theaters ended in compromise yesterday: The film will be shown, but the screening fee required by the museum (in this case, $16,000) won’t be accepted and the museum will withdraw its customary co-sponsorship. Read More ›
Behe Responds to Bottaro
JW Montgomery weighs in against Orr
ID in a Wiley Math Textbook
As Doubts Keep Accumulating — The Case of Richard Smalley
“Smithsonian to Screen a Movie That Makes a Case Against Evolution”
Smithsonian to Screen a Movie That Makes a Case Against Evolution By JOHN SCHWARTZ, as reported in the NYTimes Published: May 28, 2005 The Discovery Institute, a group in Seattle that supports an alternative theory, “intelligent design,” is announcing on its Web site that it and the director of the [Smithsonian] museum “are happy to announce the national premiere and private evening reception” on June 23 for the movie, “The Privileged Planet: The Search for Purpose in the Universe.” For full story go here.
Allen Orr in the New Yorker — A Response
Eshel Ben-Jacob — Someone You Should Know
American Spectator Defends ID
The Little Engine That Could… Undo Darwinism
By Dan Peterson
What critics of Intelligent Design theory can’t accept is that its proponents are making scientific, fact-based arguments.
The American Spectator, June 2005 Read More ›
Frank Schaeffer — Nowhere Near His Father’s Footsteps
“Students who cannot handle scientific challenges to their faith should seek guidance from a theologian, not a scientist.”
Two Gifts for Richard Dawkins
Allen Orr’s Piece in the New Yorker
Allen Orr’s article against ID is now out in the New Yorker (go here). It’s as bad as I thought it would be. I’m on the road right now but will comment on it later in the week. Note that I remarked last week on this blog that a fact-checker from the New Yorker had contacted me about this article. It doesn’t appear that the time I spent with this fact-checker did much to improve this article.