Monthly Archives: February 2006
Casey Luskin Reviews the Kitzmiller Decision
| February 28, 2006 | Posted by crandaddy under Courts, Intelligent Design |
Go here to read the full article. Not-So-Quick But Nonetheless Dirty Review of the Kitzmiller Decision By Casey Luskin Introduction: This is a response to the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School Board (hereafter “Kitzmiller) decision (see http://www.pamd.uscourts.gov/kitzmiller/kitzmiller_342.pdf to download the full opinion). This response is adapted from an e-mail I sent out to a bunch… more
Avian Flu – Predictions?
| February 28, 2006 | Posted by Dave S. under Intelligent Design |
What does the theory of Natural Selection (the most well tested theory in science) predict about Avian Flu? Anything at all practical that isn’t obvious from simple observations of past flu behavior? Don’t hold your breath. The most well tested theory in science is also the most useless theory in science. ID predicts that no… more
Wayne Stayskal comes through again
| February 28, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
See also here and here. more
Ancient Complex Mammal: ~164 Million Years
| February 28, 2006 | Posted by Patrick under Biology, Darwinism, Evolution, Science |
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/311/5764/1068b Mesozoic mammals have been thought to have been small, nocturnal, and confined to a few niches on land until the demise of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Most are recorded by isolated jaw fragments or teeth. Ji et al. (p. 1123; see the cover and the Perspective by Martin) now describe a Jurassic… more
Everybody Makes Silly Mistakes – Even Craig Venter
| February 28, 2006 | Posted by Dave S. under Intelligent Design |
I was reading an interview with Craig Venter (CV) and imagine my surprise when I caught him making a glaring human physiology error: Ventor: “It’s very simple, because every cell in our body has DNA.” Oops. I thought everyone knew that mammalian red blood cells have no DNA… more
Good Reading List from Dave Pierre
| February 28, 2006 | Posted by Dave S. under Intelligent Design |
Dave Pierre, in blogging about the Los Angeles Times’ continual strawman bashing of ID, posts a great reading list at the bottom of the article. Questions About Intelligent Design What Intelligent Design Isâ€â€and Isn’t Primer: Intelligent Design Theory in a Nutshell The Science Behind Intelligent Design Theory Thanks Dave! more
Wesley Elsberry Says Liar liar pants on fire to OSC
| February 28, 2006 | Posted by Dave S. under Intelligent Design |
Wesley Elsberry, when confronted with the following quote from the letter of the federal Office of Special Counsel to Rick Sternberg: Our investigation shows that NCSE is a political advocacy organization dedicated to defeating any introduction of ID, creationism or religion into the American education system. In fact, members of NCSE worked closely with SI… more
New Evidence Supports Natural Selection
| February 28, 2006 | Posted by Dave S. under Intelligent Design |
The most tested theory in science – Natural Selection – has new and improved evidence to support it says Pim Van Meurs on Panda’s Thumb. Excuse me, but haven’t the NeoDarwinian dogmatists been saying for years that Natural Selection is as well tested as the theory of gravity? Do we hear headlines like New Evidence… more
Henry Morris’s Death
| February 26, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
It’s with sadness I announce that Henry Morris died Saturday evening (2.25.06). Henry Morris was a great man, and all critics of Darwinian evolution are in his debt for maintaining pressure on this pseudoscience when so much of the Western world capitulated to it. As I wrote last year at this time (go here) in… more
UK Guardian: Most of the next generation of medical and science students could well be creationists
| February 25, 2006 | Posted by scordova under Intelligent Design |
ID is not the same as Creationism, however, it would be naive to say the following article has no bearing on the future of ID. I’m personally disappointed to hear some creationist students mingling religious ideas into their scientific views, but on the whole, this report can’t be happy news for Richard Dawkins. :=) Academics… more
Darwin knocked off pedestal in high school textbook
| February 25, 2006 | Posted by scordova under Intelligent Design |
Broward selects biology text with watered-down passages on evolution A review by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel found that on one edited page, Holt agreed to give Darwin less credit for shaping modern biology….. Previous editions of the textbook said Darwin’s theory “is the essence of biology.” In the Broward edition, students will read instead that… more
On a Lighter Note
| February 25, 2006 | Posted by Dave S. under Intelligent Design |
Dover Trial Preview to Witness Testimony By: Hosted by Marvin Waldburger Radio Station WNBLAT September 29, 2005 Copernicus Stages A Comeback By: David Berlinski Discovery Institute September 27, 2005 more
Tolstoy’s Last Letter
| February 24, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
[From a colleague:] Leo Tolstoy’s last completed letter, dictated from his sick-bed at the Astapovo train station on November 1, 1910 (six days before his death), and addressed to his son Seryozha and daughter Tanya, included a warning that Seryozha should not allow himself to be seduced by Darwinism. Here is the relevant passage: “The… more
(Culture War) The Final Rout of the Left Has Begun
| February 23, 2006 | Posted by Dave S. under Constitution, Courts, Education, Laws, Legal |
South Dakota just passed a law making abortion a felony except in case of medical emergency. It’s now just a matter for the governor to sign it which everyone expects him to do. The law is designed to force the Supreme Court to reconsider Roe v. Wade. The present Supreme Court is unlikely to hold… more
“Public Schools Need Open Debate on Intelligent Design”
| February 23, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Thank you Joelle Parks: Another critic of the bill [i.e., the Wisconin bill banning ID], Gary McCaleb, a senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, said in an interview that his firm would thoroughly investigate the legislation. “Mandating a point of view and trying to enshrine your current science in law is, to me,… more
The Real Threat Is “Absolutism” — Yes, Absolutely!
| February 22, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Slumming at Talk.Origins (go here), I ran across the following remark in reference to the Ruse-Dennett Briefwechsel (discussed on this blog here): I wonder if Ruse has actually watched “The Root Of All Evil?”. And if childen were indoctrinated with the most extreme forms of racial bigotry by parents who were Nazis or supporters of… more
Peer-Reviewed Stealth ID Classic : The Anthropic Cosmological Principle (1987)
| February 22, 2006 | Posted by scordova under Intelligent Design |
Frank Tipler co-authored a book with John Barrow entitled The Anthropic Cosmological Principle which was a peer-reviewed book published by Oxford University in 1987. The principle thesis: Intelligent information-processing must come into existence in the Universe, and, once it comes into existence, it will never die out. They derive the thesis from Schrodinger’s equation more
There is “teeth” to ID
| February 22, 2006 | Posted by PaV under Intelligent Design |
Chicken will grow teeth when pigs can fly. Well, better start searching the skies for flying porkâ€â€scientists have discovered a mutant chicken with a full set of crocodile-like chompers. The mutant chick, called Talpid, also had severe limb defects and died before hatching. It was discovered 50 years ago, but no one had ever examined… more
Remarkable exchange between Michael Ruse and Daniel Dennett
| February 21, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
As Michael Ruse remarked when he gave me permission to quote the following exchange between him and Daniel Dennett: “feel free to quote — after all, I am in deep sh** already!!!” HIGHLIGHT OF THE EXCHANGE: “I think that you and Richard [Dawkins] are absolute disasters in the fight against intelligent design – we are… more
If you can’t beat ‘em… recruit ‘em.
| February 21, 2006 | Posted by Douglas Moran under Intelligent Design |
I’ts hard to imagine a more exciting time to be participating in this discussion. Just the past 24 hours have brought some incredibly exciting exchanges and inside information, see here and here. But most entertaining of all is Eugenie Scott recruiting churches to defend Darwinism: Check this out. And this. So, Eugenie Scott wants to… more