Monthly Archives: November 2009
Tag-Team ID Debate in Beverly Hills
| November 20, 2009 | Posted by William Dembski under Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design |
On the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s seminal work, The Origin of Species, the American Freedom Alliance is pleased to present a series of events in Los Angeles devoted to an examination of issues surrounding the debate on the origins of life. The Origins of Life Debate A Public Debate featuring: Stephen… more
Published Today: Should Christians Embrace Evolution?
| November 20, 2009 | Posted by David Anderson under Biology, Creationism, Darwinism, Evolution, Religion, Science, theistic evolution |
Today, Intervarsity Press (IVP) in the UK publish a new symposium, entitled “Should Christians Embrace Evolution?” edited by leading geneticist Professor Norman Nevin. Andrew Sibley has already posted about it on UD and linked to the preface. Believers in a God-guided Darwinism are preaching that Darwinism is a fact and that the Bible can be… more
Is nature really a struggle in which natural selection is the key factor?
| November 19, 2009 | Posted by O'Leary under Natural selection |
British physicist David Tyler comments: In a perceptive essay, Daniel Todes focuses attention on the reactions of Russian biologists to Darwin’s writings. Many of these naturalists “were evolutionists before 1859″, so they did not dissent from common ancestry. However, their experiences of the living world were quite different from Darwin and Wallace, who drew their… more
Uncommon Descent Question 11 – can biotechnology bring back extinct animals – winners announced
| November 18, 2009 | Posted by O'Leary under Uncommon Descent Contest |
For Uncommon Descent Question 11: Can biotechnology bring back extinct animals?, we have declared a winner, and it is binary! Twins! Aussie ID and Nakashima. I loved Aussie ID’s information about the specifics of attempts to restore the thylacine – he calls it a Tasmanian tiger. Possibly due to culture issues, I am more familiar… more
INTELLIGENT DESIGN BOOK DELIVERS BLOW TO DARWIN; CRACKS AMAZON.COM BEST SELLER LIST IN SCIENCE
| November 18, 2009 | Posted by Clive Hayden under Darwinism, Education, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science |
Anika Smith, of the Discovery Institute, brings us exciting new information: SEATTLE, WA – Despite Darwinist’s attempts to suppress the debate over evolution, a new book about the controversial theory of intelligent design made Amazon.com’s list of the year’s Top 10 bestselling books in science, just as the world marks 150 years since Charles Darwin… more
Neuroscience: “The Young and the Bureau”
| November 17, 2009 | Posted by O'Leary under Neuroscience |
Stephanie West Allen at Brains on Purpose draws my attention to her post on David Brooks’s column, “The Young and the Neuro” (New York Times, October 12, 2009), extolling the eager young neuroscientists who – in my view – know just enough to get it all wrong, as follows: Since I’m not an academic, I’m… more
Coffee! Neuroscience: Do you really need a refrigerator when you have this?
| November 16, 2009 | Posted by O'Leary under Neuroscience |
I found this chilling: Abstract: This paper questions criminal law’s strong presumption of free will. Part I assesses the ways in which environment, nurture, and society influence human action. Part II briefly surveys studies from the fields of genetics and neuroscience which call into question strong assumptions of free will and suggest explanations for propensities… more
The Cyclic Theory of Evolution
| November 15, 2009 | Posted by William Dembski under Evolution |
From Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal: more
RationalWiki copyright infringement
| November 15, 2009 | Posted by William Dembski under Legal |
RationalWiki is reprinting large portions of an article I did with Robert Marks that far exceeds anything permissible under “fair use” copyright protections. I was getting ready to contact my attorney about having them remove our article from their website (go here — I’ve saved this page in case it changes as a consequence of… more
The bionic antinomy of Darwinism
| November 15, 2009 | Posted by niwrad under Biology, Intelligent Design |
Do you remember when I said “when a thing is untrue, if we say it is true we get contradictions” (The Darwinism contradiction of repair systems)? Here I will deal with another contradiction of Darwinism: that we could name its “bionic antinomy”. According to Wikipedia “Bionics (also known as biomimetics, bio-inspiration, biognosis, biomimicry, or bionical… more
Coffee!: Here’s an interesting design inference re a historic photo
| November 15, 2009 | Posted by O'Leary under Design inference |
The cloud patterns in two photos taken during the Spanish Civil War are identical, according to a column by George Will: In a slightly less dramatic photo of another falling soldier, taken by Capa at the same time – the cloud configuration is the same as in “Falling Soldier” – the soldier falls on the… more
Podcasts in the intelligent design controversy, with brief comments
| November 14, 2009 | Posted by O'Leary under Darwinism |
Intelligently Designed Nanotechnology As Casey Luskin reveals in this episode of ID the Future, eminent biologists have said that they must continually remind themselves that what they see in biology evolved, and was not designed. But now engineers are turning to biology to replace human technology because biological pathways provide superior solutions to biomedical-technological needs.… more
Nachman’s Paradox Defeats Darwinism and Dawkins’ Weasel
| November 14, 2009 | Posted by scordova under Creationism, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Video |
The following is a crude 1-minute silent animation that I and members of the IDCS Network put together. God willing, there will be major improvements to the animation (including audio), but this is a start. Be sure to watch it in full screen mode to see the details. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrIDjvpx7w4 The animation asserts that if harmful… more
Casey Luskin Editorial
| November 13, 2009 | Posted by GilDodgen under Intelligent Design |
Check out this editorial in the Washington Examiner by Casey Luskin. The title is “Let’s restore civility to the debate on evolution and intelligent design.” Casey was superbly rational, reserved and eloquent, as usual. But check out the comments, which reveal trademark, frothing-at-the-mouth, apoplectic, near-convulsive, Darwinian-fundamentalist hysteria — which validates Casey’s thesis. Why such hysterical,… more
Neuroskepticism – a breath of fresh air from New Humanist – and maybe more legal safety too?
| November 13, 2009 | Posted by O'Leary under Neuroscience |
Neuroscience is, unfortunately, increasingly taken over by what I often describe as neurobullshipping. You know, neuroeconomics,, neurolaw … It basically amounts to determining which regions of the brains of carefully chosen subjects light up when certain propositions are introduced. Relief at last! Here, at New Humanist, Raymond Tallis rallies the neuroskeptics (“Neurotrash”, Volume 124, Issue… more
Is a Modern Myth of the Metals the Answer?
| November 12, 2009 | Posted by Barry Arrington under Intelligent Design |
In the post below Andrew Sibley links to an extraordinary article in The Times about the link between Darwinism and the recent spate of school shootings, and in the comments Leviathan steps up to give us the obligatory “this doesn’t disprove Darwinism” response. Leviathan, you are missing the point. I read the article and there… more
Darwin and School Shootings
| November 12, 2009 | Posted by Steno under Intelligent Design |
A friend has alerted me to this book and article in The Times online. Charles Darwin and the children of the evolution The headline makes the statement “The naturalist outraged the church, prompting a bitter debate that still sets creationists against evolutionists. Now a sinister link has emerged between his work and the recent spate… more
Morning coffee: Bear meets cat No! No! Not what you might think!
| November 12, 2009 | Posted by O'Leary under Intelligent Design |
When I was a kid we used to learn useful stuff in school, one item of which is never get between a she-animal and her offspring. Here’s some stuff that happens in the Canadian wilderness: A defence of angry bears. (Actually, I think the bear in this case is a he-bear, but a she-bear would… more
Dembski speaking at Texas A&M Thursday, November 12, 2009, 7:00pm
| November 12, 2009 | Posted by William Dembski under Intelligent Design |
I’ll be speaking on the Texas A&M campus at Rudder Theater from 7:00 to 9:00pm tomorrow (Thursday) November 12, 2009. For the flyer describing my talk, click here: www.uncommondescent.com/images/flyer more
Theist, Agnostic, Atheist: Will the Real Charles Darwin Please Stand Up?
| November 11, 2009 | Posted by Flannery under Atheism, Darwinism, Religion |
Those old enough to remember TV in the late 1950s through the 60s will recall a delightful game show, “To Tell the Truth.” As a kid I fondly recall trying to figure out along with the celebrity panelists which of the three contestants was the “real” person to be identified. It was a challenging game; the three… more