tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049736.post5733530703309339102..comments2020-09-20T17:17:48.779-04:00Comments on annals of spacetime: is intelligent design dead?Maia / 20Taurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13354581450672577927noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049736.post-41924095191095302742007-12-06T01:08:00.000-05:002007-12-06T01:08:00.000-05:00Well, I just finished the entire NOVA program. I...Well, I just finished the entire NOVA program. It's late and I'm way too tired to formulate a literate response, but I am reminded of a t-shirt I saw for sale in the online store for the XKCD web comic:<BR/><BR/>"SCIENCE. It works, bitches."<BR/><BR/>I loved the mousetrap rebuttal, and got an especially giddy kick out of the flaws found in the revisions to the Pandas book. Oh man, I can only imagine the murmurs in the courtroom when that was presented. Heh.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00971577580964091758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049736.post-11926324583569300312007-11-15T23:19:00.000-05:002007-11-15T23:19:00.000-05:00Nice article. Most of these points were made in th...Nice article. Most of these points were made in the documentary...basically, the pro-evolution lawyers knew in advance that the ID people would make some or all of these arguments (since, uh, those guys are so clever that they're always thinking of new things to say!), so their case was basically going down the list and asking their scientist witnesses to respond to pretty much each one. Some of the same answers were brought up, but others - like Ken Miller's mousetrap tie clip - were even more unique (and funny)Maia / 20Taurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13354581450672577927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17049736.post-36606819385237469712007-11-15T01:31:00.000-05:002007-11-15T01:31:00.000-05:0015 Answers To Creationist Nonsense. It's an old ar...<A HREF="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=000D4FEC-7D5B-1D07-8E49809EC588EEDF&page=1" REL="nofollow">15 Answers To Creationist Nonsense</A>. It's an old article, but an interesting archive of a slightly different tactic--casting enough doubt on regular science to allow the consideration of Creationist alternatives. I haven't really heard these arguments in a while, probably because someone finally realized how short-sighted this strategy is--Creationism (even Creation "Science") really wouldn't hold up all that well under criticism one third as dumb.Mr. Ponyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14943511083694230375noreply@blogger.com