Monthly Archives: March 2006
Hope, not Proof
| March 26, 2006 | Posted by Barry Arrington under Intelligent Design |
In my prior post I said (actually, as one commenter pointed out, I meant to say), ID gives us reason to hope for freedom from Darwinism and its implications with respect to objective morality. One commenter asked what ID has to do with establishing an objective basis for morality. The answer, of course, is nothing.… more
Say it this time with feeling: “Isn’t natural selection amazing!”
| March 25, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
What is the survival and reproductive value of a perfect memory? Let me guess: the woman “AJ” described in the article below also has an uncanny ability to attract mates and has given birth to numerous offspring — all on account of her prodigious memory! Woman With Perfect Memory Baffles Scientists Updated 11:50 PM ET… more
Darwin’s Path of the Law
| March 25, 2006 | Posted by Barry Arrington under Intelligent Design |
My name is Barry Arrington. I am an attorney in Denver, Colorado specializing in complex litigation and constitutional law. My passion is defending constitutional liberties, especially those guaranteed by the First Amendment. I am also very interested in Darwinism’s connection to the law. How, you might ask, is a theory of biological origins connected to… more
The ID perspective on viruses?
| March 25, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Do viruses exploit cells or do cells also exploit viruses? Viruses may have varying roles that we have hardly begun to discover. This conviction is likely to grow stronger as the evidence for the ubiquity and density of viruses in nature accumulates. ‘Coinage’ of plankton — viruses BOSTON, March 24 (UPI) — Sea experiments show… more
[quote mine] Mark Perakh on the supernatural and science
| March 25, 2006 | Posted by scordova under Intelligent Design |
there still remain unanswered many fundamental questions about nature….nothing should be prohibited as a legitimate subject of science, and excluding the supernatural out of hand serves no useful purpose. more
100 More Heretics in 30 Days
| March 25, 2006 | Posted by Dave S. under Intelligent Design |
Thanks to MatS for bringing this to my attention in a comment here. I thought it deserved more exposure so here it is. For your convenience here’s a sample letter from one of the newest heretics: more
“Why intelligent design will change everything”
| March 25, 2006 | Posted by Douglas Moran under Intelligent Design |
Lynn Barton, college educated home-schooling ex-stock broker mother of two tells it like it is: Like a fierce game of whack-a-mole, wherever I.D.’s politically incorrect head pops up, its opponents rush to smack it back down. I am enjoying all this tremendously. What makes it so much fun to watch is that so far not… more
Traipsing into Evolution
| March 24, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
LEGAL EXPERTS ANALYZE THE IMPACT OF THE DOVER INTELLIGENT DESIGN TRIAL DECISION IN THE NEW BOOK, “TRAIPSING INTO EVOLUTION†Traipsing Into Evolution is the first published critique of federal Judge John E. Jones’s decision in the Kitzmiller v. Dover case, the foremeost trial to attempt to address the constitutionality of teaching intelligent design. In this… more
On Threatening Judge Jones
| March 24, 2006 | Posted by Douglas Moran under Intelligent Design |
Look at this. I suggest in no uncertain terms that threatening anyone or anything because of their political, religious, scientific, or any other belief is NOT acceptable behavior and should not be tolerated by anyone, especially on this blog. Origins, Darwinism, ID, etc. are all complex, highly scientific topics with implications beyond science that are… more
The Social Dynamics of the Scientific Community
| March 24, 2006 | Posted by Patrick under Science |
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/0600591103v1 “We analyzed a very large set of molecular interactions that had been derived automatically from biological texts. We found that published statements, regardless of their verity, tend to interfere with interpretation of the subsequent experiments and, therefore, can act as scientific “microparadigms,†similar to dominant scientific theories. more
Interesting Reading
| March 24, 2006 | Posted by Dave S. under Darwinism, Evolution |
Interesting Reading more
My 15 Minutes of Infamy in the Evolutionary Anthropology Community
| March 23, 2006 | Posted by GilDodgen under Intelligent Design |
As the result of a somewhat insensitive and politically incorrect comment I made about evolutionary anthropology here, I have been immortalized for a few minutes at scienceblogs.com. My comment was as follows: “The methods and concepts of evolutionary anthropology often consist of making up stories, presenting them as facts, and arriving at silly conclusions.” Apparently… more
(Off Topic) Sunstorm
| March 23, 2006 | Posted by Patrick under Intelligent Design, Off Topic |
Was reading the new novel “Sunstorm” by Author C. Clarke and I noticed something “interesting”. “Okay,” Toby said. “So a rogue planet fell into the sun. It’s an astonishing thing to happen, but not unprecedented. Remember Comet Shoemaker-Levy colliding with Jupiter in the 1990s? And–with respect–what does it have to do with Lieutenant Dutt and… more
Evolution’s “Stunning Falsehoods”
| March 23, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Judge Darrell White on Cobb and Dover: http://www.americanvision.org/articlearchive/03-01-06.asp. more
Listen to your Doctors: They know the Truth.
| March 22, 2006 | Posted by Douglas Moran under Intelligent Design |
I know quite a few medical doctors. Some are researchers, some limit themselves to private practice, and some do both. These are men and women of all ages and specializations. Not thousands or even hundreds of them – but maybe 30 or 40. Mind you, this is only one data point from a small sampling… more
A Teacher Failed This Person
| March 22, 2006 | Posted by Dave S. under Intelligent Design |
Steve Rueland writes More of What We’re Up Against. Unfortunately Steve fails to assign the proper blame here. What he’s up against is a high school science teacher that failed to teach the letter writer the basic laws of physics. These are your schools, Steve. We’re trying to wrest control of the science curriculum from… more
California school district allows criticisms of Darwin’s theory
| March 22, 2006 | Posted by scordova under Intelligent Design |
California School District Adopts Policy Allowing Scientific Criticisms of Evolution Last night, the Board of Trustees of the Lancaster School District in southern California voted unanimously to adopt a “Science Philosophy” policy permitting teachers to present scientific criticisms of Darwinian evolution. The policy had been supported by the groups Integrity in Academics and Quality Science… more
The Need for Heretics
| March 22, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
The Need for Heretics Freeman Dyson, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey Commencement Address, given at the University of Michigan, December 18, 2005 When the Princess Rosalba was baptized, in Thackeray’s story, “The Rose and the Ring”, her father, King Cavalfiore of Crim Tartary, gave a banquet, and all the royal guests came with… more
The Italian Job: Darwin the whipping boy, Design the whip
| March 21, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
http://www.db.avvenire.it/avvenire/edizione_2006_03_21/sfoglia/30.pdf more
Lewis Wolpert explains the origin of religion
| March 21, 2006 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Lewis Wolpert is among the most fanatical of British Darwinists — one might say that Darwinism is his religion. How does such a religion evolve by mutation and selection? http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-534-2087237-534,00.html more