Monthly Archives: May 2007
The Most Dangerous Place to Discuss ID — The University Campus
| May 22, 2007 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
I had an interesting conversation today with a tenured scientist who is on faculty at a research university. He was recently invited to defend ID at a public forum at the university. He declined to do it. Here’s why. Although he is a proponent of ID, he has never taught it in his classes. He… more
Nazism and Darwinism on Film
| May 22, 2007 | Posted by Theodosius under Darwinism |
I saw a film recently that I think would interest anyone who is concerned about the moral implications of Darwinism, and who also believes that art can help us to reflect upon moral issues. The film is Germany Year Zero (Germania Anno Zero, 1947), by Roberto Rossellini, shot in the ruins of Berlin in the… more
IPCC Ignores Studies of Soot’s Effect on Global Warming
| May 22, 2007 | Posted by Dave S. under Global Warming, Off Topic, Science |
The Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change (IPCC) drastically understates the warming potential of soot (black carbon) in its report to policy makers. The IPCC has an agenda and that agenda is to blame manmade carbon dioxide emission for climate change. Europe and Asia emit most of the soot from burning coal, wood, dung, and diesel… more
The Chronicle says of Gonzalez “a clear case of discrimination”
| May 22, 2007 | Posted by Dave S. under Intelligent Design |
The Chronicle of Higher Education has a balanced article on Iowa State’s refusal to tenure Guillermo Gonzalez. Advocate of Intelligent Design Who Was Denied Tenure Has Strong Publications Record By RICHARD MONASTERSKY At first glance, it seems like a clear-cut case of discrimination. As an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Iowa State University,… more
World Renowned Cosmologist Frank Tipler on Sci Phi Show!
| May 21, 2007 | Posted by scordova under Intelligent Design |
One of my favorite ID proponents, Frank Tipler, was recently interviewed on the Sci Phi show. To hear the 28-minute interview, visit: Frank Tipler on Sci Phi show. Some of Tipler’s ID-related work has appeared in prestigious journals like Nature. One of Tipler’s recent ID-related papers appeared in the journal Reports on Progress in Physics… more
Gonzalez case – Prof, do you know what time it is?
| May 21, 2007 | Posted by O'Leary under Intelligent Design |
A friend writes to say, “Guillermo [Gonzalez] has three (not two) papers exceeding 100 citations each. An updated list is attached that includes a few more of his publications. This is really impressive.” (If you are just joining us today, Guilllermo Gonzalez is the gifted ID-friendly astronomer who was recently denied tenure under suspicious circumstances… more
“We must stop tolerating the rejection and distortion of science.” –Al Gore
| May 21, 2007 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design, Science |
Here is a quote from Al Gore’s The Assault on Reason (I took it from the excerpt from his book in the current Time Magazine): In order to reclaim our birthright, we Americans must resolve to repair the systemic decay of the public forum. We must create new ways to engage in a genuine and… more
Professor of Atmospheric Science Says Global Warming a Myth
| May 20, 2007 | Posted by Dave S. under Global Warming, Off Topic |
Augie Auer, Professor of Atmospheric Science for 22 years at the University of Wyoming, says global warming is a myth and it will be joke material in 5 years. Global warming debunked By ANDREW SWALLOW – The Timaru Herald | Saturday, 19 May 2007 more
More on the “fruit flies that think”
| May 20, 2007 | Posted by O'Leary under Intelligent Design |
Recently, I reported on an experiment with fruit flies that showed that the flies are not robotic, but can engage in spontaneous behavior. In a recent Daily Telegraph article, Roger Highfield explains: “The point here is that the people claiming that free will doesn’t exist say that one day we will be able to show… more
Complex Specified Information – It’s not that hard to understand
| May 20, 2007 | Posted by Dave S. under Intelligent Design |
In another thread there’s a discussion about specified complexity. I think the problem with specification is it’s a subjective measure but it shouldn’t be hard to understand. Most people intuitively recognize it and draw conclusions from it. To explain I’ll use a deck of cards and a conclusion that just about any reasonable person, with… more
Piscataway Institute of Technology Adopts “Separate but Equal” Policy Between Scientific Materialists and Persons of Faith.
| May 19, 2007 | Posted by Galapagos Finch under Intelligent Design |
Could Iowa State be Next? Read More more
German “brights” try to stifle free speech
| May 19, 2007 | Posted by O'Leary under Intelligent Design |
I’ll have plenty more to say on this very topic later (as I had intended to write about it), but – coming on the heels of the Guillermo Gonzalez case – here is a post I just received: Hi, some minutes ago I postet something on my blog that might interest you: We also made… more
Leveraging Dover Against Iowa State University
| May 19, 2007 | Posted by Dave S. under Intelligent Design |
- According to World Magazine they have two professors at Iowa State on record saying they voted against tenure for Guillermo Gonzalez based partly upon his assocation with the Intelligent Design movement. – According to Federal Judge John Jones in the Dover case ID is religion not science and thus cannot be taught in a… more
Irrevocably Mired in the 19th Century
| May 18, 2007 | Posted by GilDodgen under Darwinism, Education, Intelligent Design |
Over at ARN, David Tyler has a blog post entitled We must “understand that there is no serious scientific challenge to evolution.” It references an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The article was authored by Eugenie Scott and Nicholas Matzke of the National Center for Science Education, an organization… more
NASA people say the most surprising things …
| May 17, 2007 | Posted by O'Leary under Intelligent Design |
Here, for example, from Science Question of the Week from the Goddard Space Flight Center, on the position of the North Star, ever the friend of mariners: Polaris or the North Star is nearly directly above the North Pole (it’s actually about 1 degree away from the celestial pole). You might think that with all… more
Iowa State University and the Tenure Case of Guillermo Gonzalez: An Interview with Professor Conway Moore
| May 17, 2007 | Posted by Galapagos Finch under Intelligent Design |
What are the issues surrounding the Gonzalez tenure case? Dr. Moore discusses stategies for removing top researchers from research univeristies because they are openly Christian. The key, as Dr. Moore explains, is clever application of policies dealing with diversity, tolerance and academic freedom. Read More. more
Candid admissions about a theory as well established as gravity
| May 17, 2007 | Posted by Dave S. under Intelligent Design |
Wallace Arthur, head of the zoology department at the University of Ireland and evolutionary biology researcher, reviews in Nature (Vol 447|17 May 2007) the book From Embryology to Evo-Devo: A History of Developmental Evolution. There were some breaths of fresh air in the review [my emphasis]: Third, and most important in my view, the origin… more
If You Found E=mc2 in DNA, Would You Believe in ID?
| May 16, 2007 | Posted by PaV under Intelligent Design |
You can’t make this stuff up. Here’s what some Japanese scientists have done with bacteria. I think we’ve officially reached the “information age” of evolutionary biology. more
Flies Show Free Will
| May 16, 2007 | Posted by dacook under Intelligent Design |
A team of neurobiologists led by Bjorn Brembs of Free University Berlin have found experimental evidence in fruit fly behavior indicating that these much-abused bugs may have an element of free will. A report on the study in LiveScience notes that: For centuries, the question of whether or not humans possess free will  and… more
Nobel Laureate Townes: “Intelligent design, as one sees it from a scientific point of view, seems to be quite real”
| May 15, 2007 | Posted by scordova under Intelligent Design |
Charles Townes was the co-inventor of the laser and winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize in physics. Jason Rennie of the SciPhi Show had an absolutely marvelous interview with Townes recently. This interview had many quotable gems from Townes. Here is the link: Charles Townes Do you have CD player or other optical device which… more