Monthly Archives: April 2005
The New Pope and ID
| April 19, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design, Religion |
Prediction: Bush and Benedict XVI will do to evolution what Reagan and John Paul II did to communism more
Past Posts of Interest
| April 18, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
I started blogging end of March 2005, beginning at www.idthefuture.com and now with my blog, Uncommon Descent (I intend to do a lot of cross-posting). Since I’d like Uncommon Descent to provide a complete record of my blogging activity, I include here my prior posts at IDthefuture that have thus far not been cited here: more
Finding Effective Drugs I
| April 18, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Darwinism, Evolution |
It’s always amazed me that people are so willing to abandon the hard work and intuition that leads to intelligence, upon which rests the entire edifice of science, and resort to little more than gambling in an attempt to create innovation. I have another word for it–laziness. more
American Society of Agronomy — What Happened to Your Online Poll?
| April 17, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution |
In a previous post I indicated that the American Society of Agronomy, at the behest of its president James G. Coors, conducted an online poll regarding the teaching of alternatives to evolution in grades K-12 and then, presumably at his behest as well, removed the poll once it became clear that the poll did not… more
Comments about Comments
| April 16, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Education |
The cardinal rule: I make up the rules as I go along. more
Laughlin on Evolution by Natural Selection
| April 16, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution |
I made three posts at IDthefuture concerning Robert Laughlin, the Nobel laureate physicists who in his most recent book had some unkind words about evolution by natural selection: “Much of present-day biological knowledge is ideological. A key symptom of ideological thinking is the explanation that has no implications and cannot be tested. I call such… more
When Denunciations of ID by the Professionals Fail
| April 16, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
Denunciations of Intelligent Design by professional societies are now common coin: the American Association for the Advancement of Science (see here), the American Institute of Physics (see here and here), and the Society for Neuroscience (see here) are cases in point. But what happens when a professional society gears up to denounce ID and its… more
Professionalizing the Critique of ID
| April 15, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
“Please leave debating ID advocates to the professionals. Or if you are determined to do so anyway, ask for assistance before the debate.†… “With friends like Dr. Silver, I don’t need enemies.†more
Mike Gene — Someone You Should Know
| April 15, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design |
Mike Gene is the pseudonym of one of the most insightful individuals in the ID/evolution debate. He remains critical of various aspects of ID, but he is far more critical of conventional evolutionary theory. For his views, have a look at his website. To get a flavor of his thinking, here is a recent post… more