Monthly Archives: April 2012
This Non Scientific Claim Regularly Appears in Evolutionary Peer Reviewed Papers
| April 25, 2012 | Posted by Cornelius Hunter under Intelligent Design |
Early in the twentieth century scientists studied blood immunity and how immune reaction could be used to compare species. The blood studies tended to produce results that parallel the more obvious indicators such as body plan. That is, humans are more closely related to apes than to fish or rabbits. These findings were soon proclaimed… more
Moshe Averick on Jerry Coyne’s god, Darwin Akbar!
| April 25, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, News, Religion |
Evolutionary biology is, in its present state, a pseudoscience – history pretending to be science. As such, it was bound to attract cranks, in this case atheist cranks. more
Human evolution: The virus we missed, but other primates got
| April 25, 2012 | Posted by News under Human evolution, News |
” Even more interesting, the expression pattern of the replacement glycoprotein has changed—now it is expressed in the brain. ” more
Another cool graphic: Molecular clutch engaged, and disengaged
| April 25, 2012 | Posted by News under News, science education |
Caution: American or British students might conclude something illegal about Darwinism as the supposed chief source of innovation in life forms. more
A free chart of logical fallacies
| April 25, 2012 | Posted by News under News, Philosophy |
You knew the argument didn’t make sense, and now you will know the name for the specific way it doesn’t. more
Come See New Perspectives on Engineering
| April 24, 2012 | Posted by johnnyb under Intelligent Design |
The review process for the Engineering and Metaphysics conference has been completed, and the final abstracts have now been posted! If you want to come and see how such a multidisciplinary approach can aid engineers, philosophers, scientists, and theologians, you should register now to come and participate. The conference is June 15-16 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. more
On Tennessee’s Academic Freedom Bill – The Endgame, Part 2
| April 24, 2012 | Posted by nullasalus under academic freedom |
Time to give the answer to my previous post, where I asked UD readers if they could figure out why Tennessee’s academic freedom bill was a brilliant move. To my surprise (I underestimated people!) most commenters were within the ballpark right away, and Barry pretty much nailed it. Let’s take a look at Barry’s response. more
Does Real Science Need a Propaganda Apparatus?
| April 24, 2012 | Posted by Barry Arrington under Intelligent Design |
A friend sends along this link to sign up for propaganda training by a group called the “Climate Reality Project.” The website boasts that “Climate Presenters are volunteers who teach their communities about the climate crisis using a training program produced by former Vice President Al Gore. These leaders are typically engaged in a number… more
An Intelligent Prediction
| April 24, 2012 | Posted by PaV under Intelligent Design |
A new article in Science magazine claims evidence that Alan Turing’s 1952 “biological model in which two chemicals — an activator and an inhibitor — could interact to form the basis for everything from the color patterns of a butterfly’s wings to the black and white stripes of a zebra” has been demonstrated to be… more
Biomimetics reveals the design in nature, says engineer
| April 24, 2012 | Posted by News under Biomimicry, News |
“The researchers looked for help in their intelligent design from nature–so could it be that nature itself was intelligently designed?” more
Consciousness: Neuroscientist David Eagleman sort of starts to get the picture
| April 24, 2012 | Posted by News under Mind, Neuroscience, News |
Given that all the nonsense attempts to explain consciousness in a materialist way, it’s nice to hear that someone we didn’t expect to is blundering in the right direction. more
Genetic meltdown causes adaptations? Journal paper doesn’t support it, merely states it
| April 24, 2012 | Posted by News under Darwinism, Intelligent Design, News, Science |
“Scientists can and often do make claims that are completely unsupported by their science. And AITSE is here to help you sort out the science from the bunk.” more
Origin of life: Early cells were a mess but somehow survived via redundancy?
| April 24, 2012 | Posted by News under News, Origin Of Life |
This theory maybe works if you suppose that hits matter and misses don’t. more
Culture notes: Why are so many of today’s culture heroes attracted to fascism?
| April 24, 2012 | Posted by News under Culture, Darwinism, News |
And all Darwin-driven efforts to pretend that humans are merely evolved animals will advance the goals of tyranny, no matter how “cool” or “socially concerned” the proponents appear to be. more
Fibonacci series demonstrates intelligence, but only if …
| April 24, 2012 | Posted by News under Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design, News |
… we can attribute it to a space alien? more
On Tennessee’s Academic Freedom Bill – The Endgame, Part 1
| April 24, 2012 | Posted by nullasalus under academic freedom, Intelligent Design |
By now, news of Tennessee’s Academic Freedom Bill has made the rounds. There’s been all kinds of analysis about it, harsh criticisms as well as defense. But as near as I can tell, just about everyone has missed what this bill has truly accomplished. Call it a cheap tactic, call it a trojan horse. Me?… more
James Lovelock: A self-confessed climate “alarmist” changes his mind
| April 23, 2012 | Posted by nullasalus under Science |
James Lovelock, father of Gaia theory and previous forecaster of humanity’s doom by global warming, now says he was an alarmist who extrapolated too far in making his predictions. More after the click. more
Dead tree media starting to get it? Too much to hope, but still …
| April 23, 2012 | Posted by News under Cosmology, Media, News |
“Dennis Overbye of the New York Times seemed rather wary of hype about HEP, since he’s a veteran of seeing the Times burned by this sort of thing.” more
Tennessee school bill: Academic freedom is just a front?
| April 23, 2012 | Posted by News under Media, News, science education |
If a science is built on dodges ( = Darwinism), it should just be renovated in favour of a science that confronts the facts. more
“Magnifying the Universe” — Fantastic Infographic
| April 23, 2012 | Posted by William Dembski under Education, Science, science education |
Here’s a fantastic infographic that needs to be in every science classroom. I’ve seen similar ones, but this is by far the best: The Universe made possible by Number Sleuth Be sure to look at this in full screen mode. Whether you love or hate ID, you’ve got to admit that this is one beautiful… more