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Further to, But David, the New York Times will go under before…

If Charlie’s right, Amazon's Bezos would eliminate the Post’s role as the gatekeeper of approved, elite opinion, the way it, like the Times, has always rejoiced in being. Just as Amazon will sell you the books you want to read …? We’ll see. Read More ›

What difference will new mainstream media ownership make for ID?

It actually depends on whether new owners of (now) the Washington Post and (sooner rather than later) the New York Times want to use their wealth to dine out with (or buy protection from) a current establishment or use it to expand news coverage to include points of view other than those espoused by current elites. Read More ›

Wiki’s F – – on ID, 2: Wiki’s ideologically driven corruption of the definitions of science and its methods

As we continue to mark up the Wiki article on ID, the next thing to notice is how the anonymous contributors have projected unto ID,  an accusation of trying to redefine science and its methods in service to supernaturalistic creationism: Intelligent design (ID) is a form of creationism promulgated by the Discovery Institute . . . . Scientific acceptance of Intelligent Design would require redefining science to allow supernatural explanations of observed phenomena, an approach its proponents describe as theistic realism or theistic science. It puts forth a number of arguments in support of the existence of a designer, the most prominent of which are irreducible complexity and specified complexity.[5] The scientific community rejects the extension of science to include Read More ›