Monthly Archives: August 2005
Why intelligent design theory ought to be taught
| August 26, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Why intelligent design theory ought to be taught By Jonah Avriel Cohen Of the many reasons why intelligent design – an argument I reject – ought to be taught alongside evolution in our public schools, perhaps none is more compelling than the ignorance and demagoguery which is evident in our current national debate over the… more
Guillermo Gonzalez — The Next Richard Sternberg?
| August 26, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design |
We certainly don’t want to give the impression to the public that intelligent design is what we do. more
Mini-Retrospective: Behe and Darwin’s Black Box
| August 26, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
Lehigh prof draws fire over intelligent design By Christina Gostomski The Allentown Morning Call, Pennsylvania August 22, 2005 Monday As a newly minted Ph.D., Michael Behe, like many young biochemists, dreamed of one day joining the distinguished and highly coveted ranks of the National Academy of Scientists. more
The Shermer-Dembski Roadshow
| August 25, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design |
http://www.wolfmanproductions.com/iddebate.html more
“Brutally Criticized”
| August 25, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
Richard Sternberg interviewed by Bill O’Reilly on August 24, 2005: for transcript, go here. more
Open Letter to George Will (Long Overdue)
| August 25, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design |
[In July, George Will, a columnist I enjoy and find insightful on so many topics, weighed in on ID -- go here. I've been meaning to respond to his remarks on ID for some time now.] more
Reality Moment: The Burden of Proof
| August 24, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design |
Duane Smith is another blogger complaining about Kenneth Chang’s NYTimes piece on ID. According to Smith (go here), in admitting that ID raises questions of real scientific merit, Chang’s article redistributes the burden of proof when in fact “the burden of proof is on Intelligent Design creationism and not mainstream science.” more
“Evolution Evangelist”
| August 24, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution |
The current issue of More, a women’s magazine aimed at women over 40, contains a profile of Eugenie Scott in which she is quoted as saying, “I’ve become an evolution evangelist.†Could someone please explain how evolution constitutes “good news”? more
Deepak Chopra on ID
| August 24, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
“It’s high time to rescue ‘intelligent design’ from the politics of religion. There are too many riddles not yet answered by either biology or the Bible, and by asking them honestly, without foregone conclusions, science could take a huge leap forward.” MORE more
ID on Larry King Live
| August 24, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
CNN LARRY KING LIVE Intelligent Design in American Classrooms? Aired August 23, 2005 – 21:00 ET more
A Humble Suggestion
| August 23, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
ID-phobe bloggers are upset with the NYTimes article yesterday by Kenneth Chang (for the article, go here; for a partial list of upset ID-phobe bloggers, go here). Brian Leiter, for instance, commends a letter by Edouard Machery to the New York Times (unpublished as yet), which remarks, “In no other industrialized country is evolution a… more
Let’s lighten up and have some fun
| August 22, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Leon Cooper, a Nobel laureate at Brown University, … tells all of today’s red-faced disputants: ”If we could all lighten up a bit perhaps, we could have some fun in the classroom discussing the evidence and the proposed explanations — just as we do at scientific conferences.” – The conclusion of William Safire’s essay Neo-Creo… more
Public not buying ‘I.D. is not science’ argument
| August 22, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Is academia’s dirty little secret that scientists can’t expect to be promoted or published if they don’t espouse an atheistic, materialistic worldview?
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Kenneth Chang’s NYTimes Front Page Story on ID
| August 22, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
August 22, 2005 In Explaining Life’s Complexity, Darwinists and Doubters Clash By KENNETH CHANG http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/22/national/22design.html?pagewanted=print more
Teleological Arguments
| August 21, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Here’s an entry by Philip Quinn from the Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy (1999). Note especially the second paragraph — the problem is not Hume but Darwin: more
Scientific Fundamentalists — The Real Problem In This Debate
| August 21, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design |
http://theage.com.au/text/articles/2005/08/17/1123958129538.html?oneclick=true more
Putting Evolution on the Defensive
| August 20, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
The first of two New York Times articles on ID: go here. This one by Jodi Wilgoren covers the political aspects of the debate. An upcoming one by Kenneth Chang focuses on the science. more
Senator Frist Supports ID
| August 19, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9008040 more
I’m Back
| August 19, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
I’ve been assured that the moneys will be deposited in my Cayman account, so I’m back. The first thing I want to direct your attention to is the letter by the Office of Special Counsel to Richard Sternberg: http://www.rsternberg.net/OSC_ltr.htm. Compare this with the spin that Nick Matzke and the NCSE are trying to put on… more
My Retirement from Intelligent Design
| August 19, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
The rancor and daily vilification directed at me by the Pandasthumb has finally taken its toll. Never a kind word or a gesture of appreciation for all I’ve done to advance science and enrich our understanding of the world. Just criticism, vituperation, and abuse. I can’t endure it any longer. I’ve therefore decided to leave… more