Monthly Archives: June 2005
“In Defense of Intelligent Design”
| June 30, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
Philip Clayton, a professor at the Claremont School of Theology, asked me to contribute an article to The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science that he is editing. He asked me specifically to write on the topic “In Defense of Intelligent Design” for the section titled “Central Theoretical Debates in Religion and Science: Intelligent Design… more
TRIZ and ID
| June 29, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
TRIZ (a Russian acronym that is usually translated “theory of inventive problem solving” and is pronounced treez) was developed by Russian scientists and engineers trying to understand technological evolution. I’ve touched on TRIZ’s relevance to ID in a number of my writings (go here, for instance). Some useful sites for understanding TRIZ are the following: more
Mammoth Design — Where Is My Dozer?
| June 28, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Check out the following pps file here (keep clicking to view slide show). Thanks Dennis White! more
“Intelligent Evolution” — If the courts rule against ID …
| June 28, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design |
There are now a number of initiatives nationally in which evolution is being challenged and ID promoted. What would happen if the courts rule against ID, declaring it religion? In the long term, this prospect is of little consequence because the momentum is now with ID and the inertia with evolution. more
Badger-Baiting and the Demise of Evolutionary Theory
| June 27, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
scientists of the highest caliber in the highest echelon starting to take seriously the possibility that evolution (i.e., chemical evolution/origin of life as well as macroevolution) are bankrupt and ID will soon be mainstreamed more
Timetable for the mainstreaming of ID
| June 26, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
ID, which thrives as the subversive instrument par excellence for exposing priestcraft dressed in a scientific lab coat more
Nobel Laureates for ID
| June 24, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Check out the following webpage: http://www.weloennig.de/Nobelpreistraeger1a.html. more
Recent Media Appearances by ID Leaders (Streaming Video)
| June 23, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
Go here. more
2006 Point Counterpoint Forum
| June 23, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
The 2006 Point Counterpoint Forum is scheduled for February 10-11, 2006, on “Debating Design” – whether the universe was created by intelligent design or by evolution. The dialogue will be between one of intelligent design’s leading thinkers, William Dembski, the newly named director of the Center for Science and Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological… more
New Article on Specification
| June 23, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Specification: The Pattern That Signifies Intelligence By William A. Dembski more
Jeffrey Shallit
| June 23, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science |
The irony is that Shallit and Elsberry are making a name for themselves by parasitizing my work. more
Dynamic genomes, morphological stasis and the origin of irreducible complexity
| June 22, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Dynamic genomes, morphological stasis and the origin of irreducible complexity Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig Max-Planck-Institut for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-weg 10 50829 Cologne, Germany more
Charlie Townes on ID
| June 21, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design, Religion, Science |
Charlie Townes, Nobel laureate and the most recent winner of the Templeton Prize, has an interesting interview in which he leaves some room for ID (go here). more
“By Design or by Chance?” wins two top honours
| June 20, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design, Science |
“By Design or by Chance?” wins two top honours June 20, 2005, Toronto At the Write! Canada convention awards night (June 17, 2004), By Design or by Chance?, an overview of the intelligent design controversy, won two Canadian Christian Writing Awards, one in the category of books on culture and the other in the category… more
Mushroom Physiologist Attacks ID
| June 20, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
Gary Novak (mushroom physiologist) says he has evolved yeast into morel mushrooms in the lab, mocks ID, and joins the fray (go here). What Novak has actually shown, so one of my close ID biologist colleagues informs me, is that when he tries to grow wild morel mushrooms on artificial nutrient media in laboratory Petri… more
Eugenie Scott’s Just Deserts
| June 20, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science |
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES SETTLES LIBEL CLAIM OVER EVOLUTION ARTICLE Parent’s Claim Sparked by False Article by Leading Darwin Advocate ROSEVILLE, CA — The California Academy of Sciences has settled with a California parent, Larry Caldwell, who raised a potential libel claim against the organization over its publication of a false and defamatory article authored… more
Evolution Guarantees the Success of the ID Meme!!
| June 19, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
Maybe, just maybe, ID is a meme that is far better adapted than evolution for the irrational, haphazardly evolved non-specified complex environment that constitutes the human mind. more
York Daily Record Reports on Dover
| June 19, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Education, Intelligent Design |
Laurie Lebo of the York Daily Record interviewed me about being dropped as an expert witness in the Dover ID case (go here for the story). The Thomas More Law Center, a public interest law firm which had hired me as an expert witness, did not want the Foundation for Thought and Ethics, which publishes… more
“Transitional Vertebrate Fossils”
| June 19, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Darwinism, Evolution |
Kathleen Hunt’s Talk.Origins FAQ on transitional vertebrate fossils has been available for years. The URL for that FAQ is http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-transitional.html. You might enjoy comparing it with Richard Milton’s response at http://www.alternativescience.com/talk-origins-transitions.htm. more
Steinfels on Ruse in the NYTimes
| June 19, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design, Religion, Science |
Professor Ruse’s new book suggests that the religious resistance to evolutionary theory is a lot more understandable and a lot less unreasonable than its opponents recognize. more