New Illustra Media Film: “Flight — The Genius of Birds”
| May 17, 2013 | Posted by News under News |
What qualifies as science in the wonderful world of Disney
| May 16, 2013 | Posted by scordova under Cosmology, Humor, Intelligent Design, Physics, Science |
The scientific enterprise entails: 1. observation 2. hypothesis 3. testing Consider this passage from the class text of an introductory cosmology class I took once upon a time: galaxies farther than 4300 megaparsecs from us are currently moving away from us at speeds greater than that of light. Cosmological innocents sometimes exclaim, “Gosh! Doesn’t this… more
An image challenge — solved
| May 16, 2013 | Posted by kairosfocus under Intelligent Design |
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Just now VJT picked up a TSZ attempt to challenge CSI. I suggested wood grain as a possibility, leading to complex but not relevantly specified. Phineas did a Google Image search and came up, ash on ice. I did a similar search: This led me to seek to superpose and fit on a colourised version… more
CSI Revisited
| May 16, 2013 | Posted by vjtorley under Intelligent Design |
Over at The Skeptical Zone, Dr. Elizabeth Liddle has put up a post for Uncommon Descent readers, entitled, A CSI Challenge (15 May 2013). She writes: Here is a pattern: It’s a gray-scale image, so it is just one 2D matrix. Here is a text file containing the matrix: MysteryPhoto I would like to know… more
Video: Dr George Yancey documents progressivist anti-Christian and partisan biases in the university and even in IQ tests . . . with implications for addressing the commonly encountered “ID is Creationism in a cheap tuxedo” smear
| May 16, 2013 | Posted by kairosfocus under academic freedom, Atheism, Creationism, Culture, Education, ID Foundations, Science, worldview issues and society, Society |
Yesterday, I ran across the video to be shown below and posted a comment that I think needs to be headlined and seriously pondered if we are concerned that the university functions in an objective, fair-minded, truth-seeking way: This study (HT: WK) as presented in a short lecture by Dr George Yancey — a sociologist… more
Panda’s Thumb author Mark Perakh passes
| May 15, 2013 | Posted by scordova under News |
Mark Perakh, who was an author at Panda’s thumb passed away. From the NCSE website: Perakh was born (as Mark Yakovlevich Popereka) on November 2, 1924, in Kiev, Ukraine. After serving in the Soviet Army during World War II, he earned the equivalent of a PhD in physics from the Odessa Polytechnic Institute in 1946.… more
The issue of the dark triad in the debates over design — the danger of cossetting an asp of evolutionary materialism-driven cold, manipulative narcissism, machiavellianism and sociopathy from Alcibiades to today
| May 15, 2013 | Posted by kairosfocus under Atheism, Culture, ID Foundations, Intelligent Design, Psychology, Science, worldview issues and society, Stirring the pot (tentative thoughts/explorations) |
“Cool” is often presented as the iconic, somewhat glamorous state of being calm, collected, in control. It is often viewed as highly desirable, sexy, balanced, stylish, just plain “right.” Oh, soo, desirable . . . But, beneath the surface of “cool,” there too often lurks a reptilian coldly amoral ferocity that marks all the difference… more
Taxonomic nested hierarchies don’t support Darwinism — transformed cladism rocks
| May 14, 2013 | Posted by scordova under Darwinism |
Taxonomic nested hierarchies don’t support Darwinism or common descent, actually the opposite. Michael Denton convincingly argued that nested hierarchies can be used to argue against macro evolution. If the fish are always fish, then they will never be birds, reptiles, apes, or humans. From a forgotten book called Catholics and the Theory of Evolution, there… more
Is Darwinism a better explanation of life than Intelligent Design?
| May 13, 2013 | Posted by vjtorley under Intelligent Design |
Reading through a recent article by KeithS over at The Skeptical Zone, I was reminded of the following lyrics from the musical Annie Get Your Gun: Anything you can do, I can do better. I can do anything Better than you. No, you can’t. Yes, I can. No, you can’t. Yes, I can. No, you… more
There’s Still Time To Take Advantage of Darwin’s Doubt Pre-Order Deal
| May 13, 2013 | Posted by News under News |
As observant readers will doubtless be aware, the generous pre-order deal (steep discount + free shipping + 4 free digital books) for Stephen Meyer’s forthcoming book, Darwin’s Doubt, was extended into the month of May by popular demand. Click here to take advantage now! You can also listen to this ‘ID the Future’ podcast featuring Casey… more
Creationist Invited to Speak at Johns Hopkins Commencement! But…
| May 13, 2013 | Posted by scordova under academic freedom, Education |
Johns Hopkins invited creationist Ben Carson to speak at the 2013 graduation. Unfortunately, he chose to withdraw as the speaker because gay rights activists complained about Carson’s comments against gay marriage. What is notable is that it is probably well known by now at Johns Hopkins that Carson is a creationist, and that didn’t stop… more
On pulling a cosmos out of a non-existent hat . . .
| May 12, 2013 | Posted by kairosfocus under Cosmology, ID Foundations, language, Logic and First Principles of right reason, Philosophy, Physics |
This morning, CH has by implication raised the issue that has been hotly debated recently: getting a cosmos out of “nothing.” I thought it would be helpful to headline my comment: ______________ >> . . . “Something from nothing” is always problematic. Now, I know I know, here is Ethan Siegel of Science Blogs in… more
That “Inexorable March of Science” Has Finally Reached its Goal
| May 12, 2013 | Posted by Cornelius Hunter under Intelligent Design |
Aristotle explained how objects in the sky move laterally whereas objects here on Earth move vertically, but how did it all start? The philosopher needed his Prime Mover to avoid an infinite regress in motion. The Unmoved Mover initiated motion without any prior motion. Isaac Newton overthrew Aristotle, but while the physicist’s new laws explained… more
Evolution: A Course for Educators
| May 12, 2013 | Posted by Cornelius Hunter under Intelligent Design |
Evolutionist Joel Cracraft’s courseEvolution: A Course for Educators is “informed” by thoseNext Generation Science Standards. That reminds us of how after the 2005 Dover trial, kangaroo court Judge John Jones explained … Read more more
Martin Cadra’s Non-Dawinian Views on Evolution Blog
| May 11, 2013 | Posted by scordova under Darwinism, Evolution, Evolutionary biology |
Martin Cadra has a wonderful blog focusing on non-Darwinian views on evolution. He recently highlighted some rare publications by field biologists who provide empirical evidence that challenges the idea that Darwinian evolution is the source of butterfly mimicry. Here is an excerpt: Since Darwin’s time mimicry is presented as one of the best example of… more
Jerry Coyne: “we have no choice but to pretend”
| May 10, 2013 | Posted by scordova under Mind |
Some recent posts by Jerry Coyne brought back memories of this article: So if we don’t have free will, what can we do? One possibility is to give in to a despairing nihilism and just stop doing anything. But that’s impossible, for our feeling of personal agency is so overwhelming that we have no choice… more
Theology According to P.Z. Myers
| May 9, 2013 | Posted by DonaldM under 'Junk DNA', Biology, Convergent evolution, Darwinism, Evolution, Evolutionary biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science |
Over on The Panda’s Thumb blog, Darwinian apologist P.Z. Myers recently posted a pejorative laden critique of a review article by Casey Luskin. Luskin was responding to a recent New York Times article on a study purporting to show how certain genes in fish might hold an important clue on how fins turned to feet.… more
Some testable predictions entailed by Dr. Kozulic’s model of Intelligent Design
| May 9, 2013 | Posted by vjtorley under Intelligent Design |
In my last post, The Edge of Evolution?”, I drew readers’ attention to a 2011 paper by the Croatian biochemist Dr. Branko Kozulic, titled, Proteins and Genes, Singletons and Species, which argues that the presence of not one but literally hundreds of chemically unique proteins in each species is an event beyond the reach of… more
Failure to Educate? Failure to Persuade.
| May 9, 2013 | Posted by andyjones under 'Junk DNA', Intelligent Design |
Larry Moran replied to my latest post with an admission of failure. He thinks he has failed to educate, but I think rather he is confusing the word ‘persuade’ with the word ‘educate’. He thinks I am rationalising junk DNA with a pile of ‘what-ifs’. But the fact is that most of my ‘what-ifs’ are… more
“What is Intelligent Design?” Lecture by William Dembski
| May 8, 2013 | Posted by News under News |
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