Francis Collins – Uncommon Descent

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Francis Collins finally awarded the Templeton Prize

He was always very much their sort of guy; one wonders what took them so long. It seems as though Templeton is returning to an earlier approach here. Collins is definitely a God Squad type, having held the right positions. There was a middle period when some of their awards gave pause for thought

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Update 2: Springer has forwarded Jerry Coyne’s concern re creationist paper

Coyne, author of Why Evolution Is True, promises to “ rest assured—for the time being.”

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Karen McMannus Speckle – From Philip Cunningham: The human eye,...
Silver Asiatic Seversky The phenomenon or entity has not been observed to result from natural processes and it resembles what human beings... – From Philip Cunningham: The human eye,...
Silver Asiatic Seversky What I do not accept – and neither, apparently, do many of those working in this field – is... – From Philip Cunningham: The human eye,...
JVL Upright BiPed: Yes JVL, you go lay down for a while. Those mean ID proponents are only picking on you... – From Philip Cunningham: The human eye,...
Silver Asiatic JVL No, that’s not the whole criteria. Well, I actually came up with that scenario to help you out -... – From Philip Cunningham: The human eye,...
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Upright BiPed Yes JVL, you go lay down for a while. Those mean ID proponents are only picking on you for using... – From Philip Cunningham: The human eye,...
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JVL Silver Asiatic: So, it’s not a matter of independently looking at the evidence, but rather of assigning value to proposal... – From Philip Cunningham: The human eye,...
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Upright BiPed . One uses a gratuitous double standard to ignore the evidence, the other merely requires a logical impossibility. Birds of... – From Philip Cunningham: The human eye,...
JVL Seversky: I think that in spite of your valiant efforts you are not going to make any further headway. IDCists... – From Philip Cunningham: The human eye,...
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Seversky JVL, I think that in spite of your valiant efforts you are not going to make any further headway. IDCists... – From Philip Cunningham: The human eye,...
Upright BiPed . Checking back in ... I’m being badgered to capitulate to something I do not support or agree with. No... – From Philip Cunningham: The human eye,...
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