Monthly Archives: November 2005
Censorship of ID in Brazil
| November 23, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
[Update 11/23/05:] The following email is self-explanatory. I had posted it previously, but then withdrew it because it seemed that the rebuttal might still be published. It’s now been weeks and it still hasn’t happened. Note that I’ve blogged about the BAAS before (go here). Dr. Dembski, In the recent past the BAAS editor was… more
Machines That Can Deny Their Maker
| November 22, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Comp. Sci. / Eng. |
http://web.media.mit.edu/~picard/RUR2.html more
CNN Xes Cheney — Design or Accident?
| November 22, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Let me humbly suggest that CNN puchase a copy of my book The Design Inference (Cambridge University Press, 1998) to determine whether its explanation for the “X” that flashed over the VPs face during his speech holds up. In particular, what are the odds that this program glitch just happened to kick in right as… more
ID will be taught — the only question is how
| November 22, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Education, Intelligent Design |
Here’s the home page of the professor offering this course: http://members.aol.com/pmirecki/pmcv.htm U. of Kansas Offers Creationism Study Tuesday, November 22, 2005 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,176354,00.html LAWRENCE, Kan.  Creationism and intelligent design are going to be studied at the University of Kansas, but not in the way advocated by opponents of the theory of evolution. more
What Has Evolution Wrought?
| November 22, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
The power of evolution to bring about remarkable biological designs never ceases to amaze me. Scratch that. The power of evolution to delude its followers into thinking it can bring about remarkable biological designs never ceases to amaze me. That’s better. Butterfly’s Navigation Secret Revealed in Flight Simulator By LiveScience Staff http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/050504_butterfly_navigation.html The monarch butterfly… more
Corporate America Not Taking Sides in ID-Evo Debate
| November 22, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design |
The Darwin exhibition frightening off corporate sponsors By Nicholas Wapshott in New York (Filed: 20/11/2005) An exhibition celebrating the life of Charles Darwin has failed to find a corporate sponsor because American companies are anxious not to take sides in the heated debate between scientists and fundamentalist Christians over the theory of evolution. The entire… more
Mother Jones on ID
| November 21, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
The battle of Intelligent Design vs. evolution is popularly cast as Christianity vs. science, religion vs. Enlightenment. At the nation’s largest Baptist university, the battle is Christian vs. Christian, and all the bloodier. . . . MORE more
The Foghorn Leghorn of Evolutionary Thinkers
| November 21, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
Paul Myers, the Foghorn Leghorn of evolutionary thinkers, offered the following memorable quote a few months back. I preserve it here for the record books. Let the humiliation of ID proponents continue and intensify. more
Mark Psiaki responds to Hunter Rawlings
| November 21, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Mark Psiaki comments at length on Cornell University President Hunter Rawlings’s state of the university address criticizing ID: http://www.rso.cornell.edu/idea/rawlings_speech_w_mlp_comments.pdf. For earlier postings on Hunter Rawlings’s address, search under “Rawlings” on this blog. more
University of Iowa Petition to Unseat Intelligent Design
| November 21, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
From: “Biosciences” [biosciences @mail.medicine.uiowa.edu] To: [select U of Iowa faculty -- ID proponents were bypassed] Dear colleagues: The issue of “Intelligent Design†has received a great deal of attention in recent months. Local interest in this issue spawned a recent panel discussion “Intelligent Design: in your classroom?†sponsored by the student group, U of I… more
Recent forum on ID at University of Iowa
| November 21, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
Here are two short articles from the Iowa State Daily. One was from just before the forum and the other just after. http://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/2005/10/19/News/U.Of-I.Joins.Regent.Institutions.In.Intelligent.Design.Discussion-1106604.shtml http://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/2005/10/21/News/Iowa-Continues.Intelligent.Design.Discussion-1106703.shtml more
“The Golden Record”
| November 21, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
From a colleague: A common criticism of ID is that the design inference ONLY works when you know something about the potential designer. Since we know nothing about the potential designer for ID, it’s theory is useless and unproveable. But then I stumbled upon the Golden Record (http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/goldenrec.html) and realized this is ID in reverse.… more
“Nature’s design and engineering is truly inspirational”
| November 21, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
In another article (http://www.physorg.com/news8333.html), one reads: “It’s amazing that butterflies have evolved such sophisticated design features which can so exquisitely manipulate light and colour. Nature’s design and engineering is truly inspirational.” Butterfly wings work like LEDs http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4443854.stm When scientists developed an efficient device for emitting light, they hadn’t realised butterflies have been using the same… more
Christoph Cardinal Schoenborn weighs in against evolutionism
| November 21, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051120/sc_nm/religion_evolution_cardinal_dc more
ID “disses” faith
| November 20, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
. . . Intelligent design disrespects faith, discounts faith, destroys faith. . . http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/columnists/sives/stories/MYSA112005.3H.ives.1a957b69.html more
Are All Coynes Made of Dross? — First Jerry and Now George!
| November 18, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
The Rev. George Coyne, the Jesuit director of the Vatican Observatory, said placing intelligent design theory alongside that of evolution in school programs was “wrong” and was akin to mixing apples with oranges. http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/11/18/D8DV0FEO0.html more
Krauthammer — The Senescent Years
| November 18, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/17/AR2005111701304.html more
Shermer vs. Dembski at Colby College this Wednesday
| November 18, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
[Update: The debate went well. Michael and I played to a packed house and had a good time. The students were bright and asked good questions. I hope we can do it again some time. --WmAD] http://www.colby.edu/news_events/calendar/eventview.cfm?rID=31421&bID=288045 more
“A Most Intelligently Designed Ale”
| November 18, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution, Intelligent Design |
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635162236,00.html more
“Science Friction” in Australia
| November 18, 2005 | Posted by William Dembski under Education, Evolution, Intelligent Design |
Science friction: God’s defenders target 3000 schools By Linda Doherty and Deborah Smith November 14, 2005 http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/11/13/1131816809073.html Up to 3000 schools have been targeted in a DVD blitz aimed at challenging Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution in favour of an “intelligent designer”. more