Monthly Archives: September 2007
My Failed Simulation
| September 22, 2007 | Posted by Granville Sewell under Intelligent Design |
In my 2000 Mathematical Intelligencer article I speculated on what would happen if we constructed a gigantic computer model which starts with the initial conditions on Earth 4 billion years ago and tries to simulate the effects that the four known forces of physics (the gravitational and electromagnetic forces and the strong and weak nuclear… more
Evolutionary Informatics Media Coverage: Baylor, Robert Marks, and the EvoInfo Lab
| September 21, 2007 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Media attention continues to focus on the Baylor administration’s censoring of Prof. Robert Marks’s Evolutionary Informatics Lab (now on a third-party server at www.EvoInfo.org). With the coming to campus of a crew from Ben Stein for his forthcoming movie/documentary EXPELLED: NO INTELLIGENCE ALLOWED, things have ramped up further. Baylor President John Lilley continues to dig in… more
Just for fun – two wheel stability
| September 21, 2007 | Posted by Dave S. under Just For Fun, Off Topic |
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Toronto journalist’s further correspondence with the Darwin fans …
| September 20, 2007 | Posted by O'Leary under Intelligent Design |
I don’t know what I would do without my regular fix of fellow Toronto journalist David Warren, who – having made clear that he thinks Darwinism a crock – is constantly hearing from anxious Darwin fans, who don’t know what they’ll do if it isn’t true. If life cannot be produced accidentally by jiggling chemicals… more
“President Lilley has laryngitis”
| September 20, 2007 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Today’s Baylor Lariat (the student newspaper) has an amazing editorial: Editorial: Lilley’s two cents are missing Sept. 20, 2007 Being Baylor’s president is not an easy job. Between managing a staff of professors and administrators and fundraising enough to finance Baylor 2012, President John Lilley has a lot on his plate. But one of the… more
History moment: When feminism rules instead of Darwinism
| September 19, 2007 | Posted by O'Leary under Intelligent Design |
Larry Summers, who is definitely not an intelligent design proponent, is nonetheless paying the penalty of standing for what is obviously true in current academic life, columnist John Leo reveals: So former Harvard president Lawrence Summers is once again paying for his sins, this time having a dinner speech canceled by the board of regents… more
Walt Ruloff op-ed on academic suppression at Baylor — “Does the Baylor administration believe in God?”
| September 19, 2007 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
Walt Ruloff, the executive producer of the Ben Stein movie EXPELLED: NO INTELLIGENCE ALLOWED, has an amazing op-ed in today’s Baylor Lariat, the school newspaper. WOW! BU administration silencing science by design Sept. 18, 2007 It may sound like a crazy question, but it needs to be asked: Does the administration at Baylor believe in… more
“Expelled: The Movie” attempts to interview Baylor President John Lilley
| September 19, 2007 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
According to today’s Baylor Lariat (the student newspaper), the producer of the upcoming Ben Stein documentary on suppression of ID (www.expelledthemovie.com) is sending a crew to Baylor to interview President John Lilley and others regarding the removal of Robert Marks’s Evolutionary Informatics Lab from Baylor (for the background on this story, go here). It appears… more
Uncommonly Good New Look to Uncommon Descent
| September 18, 2007 | Posted by The Scubaredneck under Adminstrative |
Kudos to whoever is responsible for the new look of Uncommon Descent! I know that you guys put a lot of work into maintaining this site and I’m sure that this new look will make the site even easier to navigate. The Scubaredneck more
A Socialist Manifesto on Evolution
| September 18, 2007 | Posted by Dave S. under Intelligent Design |
The dangers of creationism in education Report Committee on Culture, Science and Education Rapporteur: Mr Guy LENGAGNE, France, Socialist Group Summary The theory of evolution is being attacked by religious fundamentalists who call for creationist theories to be taught in European schools alongside or even in place of it. From a scientific view point there… more
Richard Dawkins’s famous long moment of silence …
| September 17, 2007 | Posted by O'Leary under Intelligent Design |
I remember reading years ago violently conflicting opinions on Richard Dawkins’s famous/infamous/faked silence when a filmmaker asked him about the origin of genetic information. Eventually the tape made its way to Barry Williams, the editor of an Australian journal called The Skeptic, who consulted with Dawkins and then published a blistering article with the title… more
Shermer versus Nelson at Penn State, Thursday, September 20
| September 17, 2007 | Posted by Paul Nelson under Intelligent Design |
That’s me on the right, trying to climb back up into the rafters of the Nelson house garage. (Photo credit: Hannah Nelson.) Oh, you wanted information about the Shermer/Nelson debate at Penn State-Altoona? Go here. more
First Things editor scolds New York Times over Dawkins’s review of Behe
| September 16, 2007 | Posted by O'Leary under Intelligent Design |
Apparently, in the most recent edition of First Things, Fr. Richard Neuhaus defends Mike Behe, author of Edge of Evolution. It’s not on line yet, but Fr. Neuhaus says, among other things, You usually know that somebody is losing the argument when he loses his cool and resorts to bluster, abuse, caricature, and the invocation… more
Baylor closes ranks, defends Darwin against all lines of evidence
| September 14, 2007 | Posted by O'Leary under Intelligent Design |
Baylor’s move to shut down Prof. Robert Marks’s exposure of Darwinism as the Enron of biology is a harder line than the institution took seven years ago. Curiously, the 2000 report on the Polanyi Center (long closed) had actually proclaimed, ” … the committee wishes to make it clear that it considers research on the… more
The Spiritual Brain: Introduction is now on line
| September 13, 2007 | Posted by O'Leary under Intelligent Design |
Because so many people have asked me what The Spiritual Brain: A neuroscientist’s case for the existence of the soul addresses, I thought I would post the Introduction. It doesn’t deal with everything the book addresses, but it gives you some idea. In this book, we intend to show you that your mind does exist,… more
Bustrak on Differences between ID, Creationism & Evolution
| September 13, 2007 | Posted by DLH under Intelligent Design |
Bustrak’s insightful comparisons and interesting definition and basis for Intelligent Design are published as an Opinion Article 2007-09-12 on the Michigan Tech Lode: Web Exclusive: The differences between Intelligent Design, Creationism, and Evolution By: John Bustrak “Three terms, addressing the same issue, where everything in existence comes from, e.g. origins, are hotly contested. For… more
Advice for the Ruse vs. Nelson Undebate
| September 13, 2007 | Posted by Paul Nelson under Intelligent Design |
Baby is yawning ’cause baby is bored. In three weeks, Michael Ruse and I will be asked to explain what evidence, arguments, or attractive baubles — you know: glass beads, tin whistles, loops of colored string — would persuade us to adopt each other’s viewpoint. An undebate, of sorts. A skeptical friend, who is a… more
Hundreds of Scientists Have Published Evidence Countering Man-Made Global Warming Fears
| September 12, 2007 | Posted by Dave S. under Intelligent Design |
Challenge to Scientific Consensus on Global Warming: Analysis Finds Hundreds of Scientists Have Published Evidence Countering Man-Made Global Warming Fears Posted : Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:58:42 GMT Author : Hudson Institute Category : PressRelease WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A new analysis of peer-reviewed literature reveals that more than 500 scientists have published evidence… more
Ruse versus Nelson: What Would Make Us Change Our Minds? An Unconventional Debate, October 4
| September 12, 2007 | Posted by Paul Nelson under Intelligent Design |
An alert mind keeps in reserve and in good trim all that’s needed to destroy its dogmas and opinions. It is always prepared to attack its “feelings” and to refute its “reasons.” — Paul Valery, Analects Next month, on Thursday, October 4, Michael Ruse and I are going to have a sort of un-debate. Each… more
Mary Midgley to debate ID in the UK, October 3rd, Kings College, London
| September 12, 2007 | Posted by Paul Nelson under Intelligent Design |
She’s a tough-minded and plainspoken philosopher, and no fan of ID. In her eyes, it’s creationism in thin disguise. But Mary Midgley is also no fan of Richard Dawkins: Some of the claims of the supporters of versions of natural selection, she holds, might more properly belong in the Religious Education curriculum alongside Creationism and… more