Intelligent Design

I’ll be on CNN today at 10:30am CST with Michael Shermer on Daryn Kagan’s program.

For Immediate Release Aug. 2, 2005

President Bush’s Support for Free Speech on Evolution and Intelligent Design Draws Praise from Discovery Institute

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Below is what I wrote earlier. The appearance on Fox has been cancelled because of technical difficulties getting their truck to hook up with the satellite. CNN still appears to be a go. Steve Meyer will be appearing with Bill O’Reilly tonight [Meyer’s interview was cancelled. I expected all discussion of ID on the O’Reilly Factor to be cancelled on account of the Toronto crash, but it appears — see comment #3 below — that the other side got their say]. In the last two hours I’ve heard from Fox News and CNN. I’m to appear on The Big Story w/ John Gibson this afternoon (August 2nd) and on CNN tomorrow midday (August 3rd). This interest is in response to Read More ›

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/02/politics/main713302.shtml

(AP) President Bush said Monday he believes schools should discuss “intelligent design” alongside evolution when teaching students about the creation of life. Read More ›

Krauthammer, thoughtful and critical in other areas, continues his reflexive acceptance of Darwinism and dismissal of ID: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1088714,00.html

The essays in this anthology (translated into Spanish) are by ID proponents and sympathizers. The contributors include Bill Craig, Robin Collins, Richard Swinburne, John Polkinghorne, Ted Peters, and me: DIOS Y LAS COSMOLOGÍAS MODERNAS La Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos (BAC, 2005) ha publicado recientemente un libro de gran interés desde varios puntos de vista: científico, filosófico y teológico. [edited by] Francisco José Soler Gil

Check out the following article in the July 28th, 2005 issue of Nature, which clearly indicates how improbability arguments can be used to eliminate randomness and infer design: “‘Fingerprinting’ documents and packaging: Unique surface imperfections serve as an easily identifiable feature in the fight against fraud.” I run through the logic here in the first two chapters of The Design Inference.

http://onemindovermatter.blogspot.com

For an exchange on evo devo between Michael Ruse, Sean Carroll, and me at Science & Theology News, go here.

Here are two articles related to ID that may interest you: The evolution of George Gilder The author and tech-sector guru has a new cause to create controversy with: intelligent design Boston Globe article — go here. Phillip Johnson’s Assault Upon Faith-Based Darwinism A modern monkey trial isn’t what Phillip Johnson expected when he wrote a critique of evolution that launched intelligent design — or was it? East Bay Express article — go here.

After recently reporting about Niall Shanks’s rising star on this blog (here), I ran across this article about his new position at Wichita State University: go here for the article. For all my disagreements with him, he’s a nice guy and I wish him well in his new post. In the article, note the reference to the exchange on NPR’s Justice Talking between him and Paul Nelson. For the details about that exchange, go here.

Dressing down for Darwin: Forum takes on father of evolution By KELLY DAVIS Anderson Independent-Mail July 22, 2005 Named “Uncommon Dissent Forum: Scientists Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing,” the three-day event Aug. 4 through Aug. 6 at the Palmetto Expo Center is to consist of a panel of nine individuals, six of them scientists, all of them prominent in the cultural debate raging about the origins of life. He offers a $30 discount to the $145 registration fee to students and teachers. Supported by the Discovery Institute, he plans up to 15 similar conferences around the nation over the next five years if the Greenville event draws enough interest. Mr. Young’s desire to set up the forum was kindled last November Read More ›

Below are two emails forwarded to me from a friend of mine along with his commentary. To protect my friend, I’ve given all the individuals here pseudonyms. My friend here is “Kevin Nichols.” He’s a Ph.D. high school biology teacher who supports ID. His principal is “Lauren Long.” And the parent opposing ID is “Serge Abrams” (with son “Ryan”). Read More ›

Kenneth Miller, Francisco Ayala, and Lawrence Krauss have decided to go to the top, asking Pope Benedict XVI to clarify his views on evolution and design. Read More ›