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Evolve Yourself, Inc. — ID’s New Success and Motivation Institute

William Dembski
January 13, 2006
Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Evolve yourself intelligently to the new and more successful you. . . .**

For some time now I’ve been wanting to complement Darwinalia, Inc. (which will soon be in operation — I have three partners and we own www.darwinalia.com) with an ID-based success and motivation course (complete with infomercials). I had been thinking about something like “Designed for Success” or “Designed to Flourish.” But the more I thought about it, especially with intelligent design taking the hits it has lately, it’s time simply to co-opt the language of evolution and interpret it in an ID-friendly way (in this vein, recall my post about intelligent evolution on this blog some months back — go here). Yes, ID is itself evolving! I was able to procure www.evolveyourself.net (.com and .org were unfortunately taken) and expect to start another corporation once Darwinalia, Inc. is fully up and running.

Let me reiterate that ID has been very, very good to me!

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**Like you really want to evolve yourself unintelligently. Sure, it’s good enough for animals and plants to evolve by unintelligent Darwinian means, but not for people like us who have limited time and lots to accomplish.

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My burst. I keep spelling Arnie's name using the Jewish "Schwartz" as a base. A particularly egregious faux pax, I suppose, given Arnie's dad was a Nazi. Holy Hypodermic Batman! You're right about inoculated. I stand here, well sit here actually, in abject embarrassment. There's nothing, and I do mean NO THING, worse than misspelling something in a spelling flame. I'm too humbled to ban you now. Good work.DaveScot
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Thanks, Dave, for pointing out that I misspelled the word 'puerile' I will be sure to remember the correct spelling. I am well aware that Governor Schwarzenegger (not "Schwartzeneggar," by the way) resurrected the phrase girly-man from SNL, but I don't think that his usage justifies basing an insult off of having attributes associated with women. I was not aware that it was consistent with other things you have called Richard Dawkins, so I stand corrected. My statement should now read: "How puerile to use social charateristics of women as an attempt to insult someone." I assure you, if you would pick up a dictionary, that "Inoculated" is spelt with only one 'n'. It is one of the most often misspelt words in the English language, so I forgive you for the attempted pop-shot. One point for you, and two for me. :) So quick on the trigger finger, are we? Deletion is something that Bill Dembski calls "viewpoint discrimination," by the way. Try not to abuse your new powers at Uncommon Descent.Inoculated Mind
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Inoculated Mind Did you mean puerile? "Panties in a bunch" is a common American expression. I chose it for continuity with past comments where I called Dawkins a girly-man. Interestingly, I'm unsure if girly-man is a uniquely American expression. Girly-man was popularized about 20 years ago on Saturday Night Live, a very American comedy show, in a repeating parody skit of body-builder Arnold Schwartzeneggar. Ahnold is now the governor of California (truth is stranger than fiction). Anyhow, the Governator (a term coined to combine the word governor with Arnie's most famous movie roles as "The Terminator") is Austrian. And his father was a Nazi. So anyway, girly-man faded into relative disuse many moons ago. Possibly even a coon's age ago. But Ahnold recently resurrected it by publically calling the California state legislature in Sacremento "girly men" for not being able to reach some difficult decision. So what do you think, is girly-man an American expression or what? By the way, innoculated is spelled with two n's. How about if I go ahead and delete you so you can return using real words in your name and comments?DaveScot
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How purile to use the clothing of women as an attempt to insult someone.Inoculated Mind
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Bill "it’s time simply to co-opt the language of evolution and interpret it in an ID-friendly way" Hijacking the language of evolution... That'll sure ruffle some feathers. Not to mention getting Richard Dawkins' panties in a bunch! :-)DaveScot
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