Monthly Archives: February 2007
Global-warming theory and the eugenics precedent
| February 21, 2007 | Posted by Dave S. under Global Warming, Off Topic, Science |
Heard on the street: “I am a working scientist with a mortgage and family to support. I am paid to conduct research into Evolution. Who will pay me to conduct research into Intelligent Design?” Filed under “Follow the money”. The article below makes a similar point about eugenics “research” in the past and global warming… more
RNA Interference
| February 21, 2007 | Posted by Dave S. under Molecular Animations |
I need to add a category “Yet Another Accident of Nature”. more
The Inner Life of the Cell – Full Version
| February 21, 2007 | Posted by Dave S. under Molecular Animations |
Molecular Motor Fueled by ATP Synthase
| February 21, 2007 | Posted by Dave S. under Molecular Animations |
Flagella Molecular Animations
| February 21, 2007 | Posted by Dave S. under Molecular Animations |
Two animations. more
DNA Wrapping & Replication
| February 21, 2007 | Posted by Dave S. under Molecular Animations |
The Molecular Machines of a Cell
| February 21, 2007 | Posted by Dave S. under Molecular Animations |
Vestigial Structures by Design
| February 20, 2007 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Vestigial structures in biology are commonly cited as evidence for evolution, and it may well be that they did evolve. But if it is evidence of evolution, it is evolution in the wrong direction — it’s not the sort of function enhancing/innovating evolution that is supposed to give evolutionary theory its bite. Vestigial structures, after… more
There Is No Theory of Evolution
| February 20, 2007 | Posted by Dave S. under Darwinism |
The major claims of evolution are the creation of novel cell types, tissue types, organs, and body plans. These are required to get from bacteria to baboons. No evolution of these by any means has been observed. They simply appear fully formed in the fossil record and can be observed fully formed in living things… more
A Must-Read by Phillip Johnson
| February 19, 2007 | Posted by GilDodgen under Intelligent Design |
See here. No commentary should be required. more
ID’s mascot — the flagellum or the ribosome?
| February 19, 2007 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
On a list I moderate, there’s been some discussion about whether ID should stay with the bacterial flagellum as its mascot or switch over to the ribosome. Staying and switching both have merit (though note that a switch would not signal that Darwinists have explained how the flagellum originated — they are as clueless as… more
Get Yourself Informed on Temperature Anomalies
| February 17, 2007 | Posted by Dave S. under Global Warming, Off Topic, Science |
Satellites have been accurately measuring the temperature of the troposphere all over the face of the earth since 1979. You can view a map of the globe with all temperatures above and below average mapped out in red (above) and blue (below) month by month for over 25 years. Anyone can plainly see that global… more
Michael Egnor Responds to Michael Lemonick at Time Online
| February 17, 2007 | Posted by GilDodgen under Biology, Darwinism, Intelligent Design |
In a piece at Time Online, More Spin from the Anti-Evolutionists, senior writer Michael Lemonick attacks ID, the Discovery Institute, the signatories of the Dissent From Darwin list, and Michael Egnor in particular. Dr. Michael Egnor (a professor of neurosurgery and pediatrics at State University of New York, Stony Brook, and an award-winning brain surgeon… more
Global Warming and Forest Fires
| February 17, 2007 | Posted by Dave S. under Global Warming, Off Topic, Science |
Global warming alarmists today remind me of the scientific consensus on controlling forest fires 40 years ago. How many of you recall seeing Yogi Smokey the Bear adverts saying “Only YOU can prevent forest fires”? In fact, as we learned the hard way, fire suppression turned out to be a bad thing. Nature had adapted… more
“Bill Dembski is world famous” says creationism’s prodigal son Michael Shermer
| February 16, 2007 | Posted by scordova under Creationism, Intelligent Design |
I was at the Dembski-Shermer Debate at Bridgewater College in Bridgewater Virginia last night. I had the privilege of finally meeting both William Dembski and Michael Shermer for the first time in person. They spoke to a crowd of about 350 people from Bridgewater College, James Madison University, and the surrounding community. The crowd was… more
Recent podcasts: God isn’t as smart as She thinks she is (?), and more …
| February 16, 2007 | Posted by O'Leary under Intelligent Design |
Here’s a show that was a lot of fun! Australian science journalist Robyn Williams, author of Unintelligent Design: God Isn’t as Smart as She Thinks She Is and I go at it, with Sheridan Voysey of Open House Australia trying to moderate. I must at some point say more about Williams’ interesting book, summarized at… more
Antarctic temperatures disagree with climate model predictions
| February 16, 2007 | Posted by Dave S. under Culture, Education, Global Warming, Off Topic, Science |
I just love being eventually proven right but vindication usually doesn’t come to me this quickly. As I was trying to tell Mike Dunford, including my now prophetic-appearing conjecture that manmade CFC-caused ozone depletion is a real global warming culprit, unlike the mythical C02 effect… Last year, Bromwich’s research group reported in the journal Science… more
The Sound of Miller-Urey and Prebiotic Chemistry Exploding
| February 16, 2007 | Posted by Dave S. under Biology, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science |
A Simpler Origin for Life “My own PhD thesis advisor, Robert B. Woodward, was awarded the Nobel Prize for his brilliant syntheses of quinine, cholesterol, chlorophyll and many other substances. It mattered little if kilograms of starting material were required to produce milligrams of product. The point was the demonstration that humans could produce, however… more
Automatons — Marching to the Tune of the “Science” Establishment
| February 16, 2007 | Posted by GilDodgen under Darwinism, Education, Intelligent Design |
On another forum, ID colleague John Calvert of the Intelligent Design Network posted the following letter concerning the recent actions of the Kansas State Board of Education. With his kind permission I reproduce it here for the edification of UD readers. The behind-the-scenes details are rather disturbing. It is clear to me that the anti-ID… more