Rant on Dembski 28 Jul 2009 My good friend Ian Musgrave has just put up a wonderful rant on Dumbski’s latest crap, and it’s also up at Panda’s Thumb. Go read it. Nothing unexpected, Dembski’s usual rhetorical tricks and bad research, but it’s a fun read. One guy you don’t want to get started ranting against you is Ian. Creationism and Intelligent Design
Creationism and Intelligent Design Objecting to the prevailing tide 12 Jun 2009 My friend and costudent of Gareth Nelson, Malte Ebach, persists in his campaign to bring some clarity to evolutionary and systematics thinking. I may not always agree with him, but he’s often clearer on these matters than his targets, so I refer you to his recent post on paraphyletic thinking…. Read More
Biology Darwin was not badly received by the church 26 Nov 2009 Robert J. Berry is a geneticist at University College London. He is also an evangelical Christian and has written a number of works on the compatibility of religion (his kind, anyway) and evolution. He has a quite accurate letter in today’s Nature. Since that is behind a paywall, I have… Read More
Creationism and Intelligent Design Darwin, God and chance 5 Sep 200818 Sep 2017 One of the enduring objections to evolution of the Darwinian variety is that it is based on chance, and so for theists who believe God is interventionist, it suggests that God is subjected to chance, and hence not onmi-something (present, potent or scient). Darwin and his friend Asa Gray debated… Read More
Dumbski is deeply scary, this sort of stuff never fails to amaze me, I have difficulty grasping what exactly motivates it. Ian certainly takes the sting out of it not sure I agree with the envy part as such a strong motivator, fear and hatred certainly. Ive not read the book on every-ones lips just now, I don’t think the problem is how scientists communicate science but how a minority of very vocal scientists and philosophers of science talk about culture that is a problem. It’s a problem that Dumbski has picked up on and will manipulate to the full. I think thats something to be concerned about. But this line has made my day “Scientists, fear us, we will take your children and feed them the best available knowledge.” Very nice!
Should we call this dance of politicians ignoring the warnings of science until it is too late “The Musgrave Ritual”?
Off topic. I just used the quote mine on George Wald to good effect. Thanks for that Mr Catshark, nice resource. I was an education officer for Friends of the Earth in the 80’s, public attitude was dire, apart from school kids who always seemed to take an intrest. It’s changed somewhat but not enough.