Via viergacht:

David Klinghoffer, Intelligent Design (rebadged Creationism) advocate from the "Discovery Institute" invited or sought invitation to debate with Dr Gotelli of the University of Vermont.

Dr Gotelli had quite an eloquent response. As commenter #25 summed it up, "Do some science, then we'll talk."

"Irony of ironies, creationism has evolved." -- Sid Perkins (Evolution In Action: The Trials and Tribulations of Intelligent Design, Science News, February 25, 2006)

Looking at early examples of machines and such, the early designs seem rather primitive and crude. Sometime it's amazing that the first examples that actually worked did work at all. But the early designs were refined over and over until the current design often barely resembles the original.

There are folks who don't seem to realize this and ( Read more... )

Stanley broke the pleasant silence, "It seems to me ID explains quite a bit, really."

"Wait. You? Support ID?" gasped Roger in disbelief, "You, the, admittedly quite mad, scientist type? You're joking, aren't you?"

"No joke. It's rather painfully obvious, isn't it? Take a look at the world, it's rather messed up. Consider interest rates ( Read more... )