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Mathematical Challenges to Darwin’s Theory of Evolution

I don’t remember who recommended this, but it’s very good if you give it a chance. I think the discussion does a good job of distinguishing what the Intelligent Design folks are saying. Also notice how much a senior fellow of the Discovery Institute is allowed to challenge ID itself–does this look like a cult?

BMS ep 106: Why Intelligent Design (ID) Will Be the Public Choice of the Natural Sciences

Oh boy, this one ruffled some feathers. I mention Gene Callahan and Steve Landsburg in the second half.

Bob Murphy Show ep. 82: Why “Intelligent Design” Is a Scientific Theory

Based on the feedback I’ve gotten, I should’ve titled this one differently. I’m actually just refuting one particular argument that ID is not a scientific theory. But that of course isn’t the same as me arguing that it is a scientific theory. In any event, here it is.

Question about Intelligent Design

Hey folks, I am sorry for being so lax in my usual Sunday postings. All I can say is, I’ve had a lot going in my personal life. I hope in September I’ll have a routine established again. In the meantime, I think some of my spiritual thoughts will find expression in the solo episodes […]

Bill Nye, the Strawman Guy

I was in the bookstore recently and couldn’t resist browsing Bill Nye’s book Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation. (I note, mostly for laughs, that his title is itself incorrect: His whole book is about a bunch of people who deny evolution.) Here’s a photo I took from the beginning. In just these two […]

Is There Anybody Out There?

Sorry for the sporadic blogging; I’ve been traveling a lot. I missed Sunday’s post, but this one–though related to current events science news–will have obvious religious overtones. On Facebook Daniel Kuehn shared this HuffPo article about a recent NASA panel telling the general public about the search for extraterrestrial life. Here is the opening of […]

Reprint From 2006: Judging the ID / Darwinian Debate

Editor’s Note: Someone recently asked me about William Dembski (one of the leaders in the Intelligent Design [ID] movement) and so I dug up this old article from 2006 that I originally wrote for LewRockwell.com. Since we’ve been discussing this debate on and off here recently, I thought some of you would enjoy this. To provide […]

The Union of Concerned Scientists Explains Their Problems With “Intelligent Design”

In my previous post, people in the comments invoked the No True Atheist defense, saying that I was wrong to claim that many professional biologists, when addressing the Intelligent Design (ID) movement, made sweeping statements that rule out even alien designers. Well, here is the official statement on ID from the Union of Concerned Scientists. […]