Monthly Archives: October 2009
Keeping “Big Environment” Honest
| October 13, 2009 | Posted by William Dembski under Global Warming, Science |
“Big Environment,” “Big Government,” “Big Business,” “Big Science” — all involve huge sums of money, leave a money trail, and require independent watchdogs to ask the tough questions. We noted the upcoming documentary NOT EVIL JUST WRONG here at UD last week. Here’s the latest (it made the top of Drudge): www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf-fzVH6v_U more
The ID argument from thermodynamics
| October 13, 2009 | Posted by niwrad under Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life, Physics |
Since in my last post a commenter put on the table thermodynamics to support evolution I decided to offer my personal answer in a specific post, although UD already dealt with this issue. As known, 2nd law of thermodynamics (SLOT, also called “entropy law”) states that in a closed system the overall energy entropy ΔS… more
Atheism and pop culture: Religious commitment as mild dementia?
| October 13, 2009 | Posted by O'Leary under Atheism, Darwinism |
In “God vs. Science Isn’t the Issue”, William McGurn (Wall Street Journal, October 12, 2009) notes, In contrast to the majority of scientists whose wondrous discoveries seem to inspire humility, today’s advocates of scientism can be every bit as dogmatic as the William Jennings Bryans of yesteryear. We saw an example a week ago, when… more
Coffee!! Pop science and popular culture: Skip the pedantry, just go for the effect?
| October 13, 2009 | Posted by O'Leary under Darwinism |
According to Michael Brooks (New Scientist, 06 October 2009), in Don’t be such a scientist, Randy “Flock of Dodos” Olson advises DID you spot James Cameron’s mistake in Titanic? Leo DiCaprio is about to drown in the north Atlantic ocean, yet the constellations of the southern hemisphere are aglow in the sky above. Who cares?… more
O’Reilly: Dawkins’ evolution only is fascism
| October 12, 2009 | Posted by DLH under Constitution, Darwinism, Education, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Laws, Philosophy, Religion, Science |
O’Reilly told Dawkins” you insist you can’t even mention it, that is fascism, sir. Was he right? Is it constitutional/scientific to insist that only materialistic evolution can be taught? See: O’Reilly vs. Atheist Author Richard Dawkins O’REILLY: . . . It’s not fair to leave it out of the science class if the science class… more
Sad story: Death of a scientist in small doses
| October 12, 2009 | Posted by O'Leary under Atheism |
Leading Darwinist Richard Dawkins Dodges Debates, Refuses to Defend Evolution as The Greatest Show On Earth Seattle – Richard Dawkins, the world’s leading public spokesman for Darwinian evolution and an advocate of the “new atheism,” has refused to debate Dr. Stephen C. Meyer, a prominent advocate of intelligent design and the author of the acclaimed… more
David Berlinski’s New Books
| October 12, 2009 | Posted by Clive Hayden under Education, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Religion, Science |
The Deniable Darwin and Other Essays has just been published from the always interesting and highly engaging David Berlinski. You can find it on Amazon here. Also, Dr. Berlinski’s book The Devil’s Delusion has just been released in paperback. more
“You Still Walk Amongst Judges, Prophet Darwin!”
| October 11, 2009 | Posted by Robert Deyes under Intelligent Design |
“When I looked under the microscope for the first time I saw the absolute need for humility in the face of Nature. I do not know if there is a God but what I do know is that man is no substitute”. These were the words of Professor Challenger in Tony Mulholland’s and Adrian Hodges’s… more
Off topic: Single payer health care
| October 11, 2009 | Posted by O'Leary under Off Topic |
Here I was recently treated to an interesting display of Darwinist logic. A commenter demanded that I provide proof that in a single-payer health system like Canada’s, older people are being abandoned to die. Another suggested I just shut up about it. Sorry. Go here for how bad it can get. It’s a matter of simple… more
A stunningly elegant solution to storing information
| October 11, 2009 | Posted by idnet.com.au under Intelligent Design |
Chromosomes have yet another level of complexity and are even better designed than previously thought. Erez Lieberman-Aiden et al By probing the three-dimensional architecture of whole genomes, the authors constructed spatial proximity maps of the human genome that confirm the presence of chromosome territories and the spatial proximity of small, gene-rich chromosomes. They identified an… more
What happened to global warming?
| October 10, 2009 | Posted by Mario A. Lopez under Global Warming, Science |
By Paul Hudson Climate correspondent, BBC News This headline may come as a bit of a surprise, so too might that fact that the warmest year recorded globally was not in 2008 or 2007, but in 1998. But it is true. For the last 11 years we have not observed any increase in global temperatures.… more
The 4,000
| October 10, 2009 | Posted by Barry Arrington under Intelligent Design |
This is UD’s 4,000th post. Congrats and a hardy well done and thank you to all of our posters! more
Should Christians Embrace Evolution? – new book edited by leading geneticist
| October 10, 2009 | Posted by Steno under Intelligent Design |
There is a new book coming out in November Should Christians Embrace Evolution? published by IVP edited by Norman C Nevin From Amazon.co.uk From Amazon.com I picked this link up from Pandas Thumb it may be a bit out of date – about Norman Nevin “Professor Norman Nevin: Norman C. Nevin is Professor of Medical… more
Transcript of McWhorter-Behe Blogginheads Discussion
| October 9, 2009 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
For the original online McWhorter-Behe discussion, go here. Thanks to one of my research assistants for making the transcript. Here’s the video in lower res as it appeared online after Bloggingheads removed it: MCWHORTER: Well, Michael Behe I am so glad to meet you, and umm thank you for agreeing to do this. This is… more
President Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
| October 9, 2009 | Posted by Mario A. Lopez under Eyes Rolling, Off Topic |
OSLO (AP) — President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision designed to encourage his nascent initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and replace unilateral American action with international diplomacy and cooperation. Nobel observers were shocked by the unexpected choice so early in… more
The Consummate WEASEL
| October 8, 2009 | Posted by William Dembski under Darwinism, Evolution, Informatics, Intelligent Design |
Our friend and colleague Atom tha Immortal has finished up the WEASEL GUI at the Evolutionary Informatics Lab (go here for the GUI). It implements every conceivable interpretation of Dawkins’s WEASEL program as outlined in THE BLIND WATCHMAKER. Thanks Atom for all your hard work! more
File This One Under “Reaping the Whirlwind”
| October 8, 2009 | Posted by Barry Arrington under Intelligent Design |
For decades China’s “one child” policy has been the centerpiece of its population control efforts. Millions of young girls have been killed in their mothers’ wombs as an indirect consequence of this policy for a very simple reason: If parents can only have one child, the majority prefer that child to be a boy. Therefore,… more
Darwin at Columbine Redux
| October 8, 2009 | Posted by Barry Arrington under Intelligent Design |
Editor’s note: I post frequently on the ethical implications of materialism. There is a reason for that. I have dealt personally with the deadly consequences of the materialist worldview taken to its logical end . Below is a post that first appeared on these pages on November 9, 2007: In a recent post Denyse O’Leary linked… more
Where to buy Richard Weikart’s new book — HITLER’S ETHIC
| October 8, 2009 | Posted by William Dembski under Culture, Darwinism, Ethics, Evolution, Religion, Science |
This book retails for $79.95 and Amazon sells it for $57.78. But the best price online to purchase it is at the Human Events Book Service (go here), where you can get it for $34.95. I highly recommend Weikart’s latest. Darwinists continually try to deny or change the subject that Darwin’s theory deeply influenced the… more
Child Rape in a Materialist World
| October 8, 2009 | Posted by Barry Arrington under Intelligent Design |
Here are the facts concerning the Roman Polanski case: Polanski gave a Quaalude to a 13 year-old child; instructed her to get naked and enter a Jacuzzi; refused to take her home when she asked; performed oral sex on her as she asked him to stop; raped her (no, not the “statutory” kind, the “forcible”… more