Casey Luskin of the Discovery Institute is all up in arms about censorship because, he claims, the Smithsonian-affiliated California Science Center cancelled its screening of the “documentary” Darwin’s Dilemma when it found out that the film was promoting intelligent design. While I agree that censorship is generally not good, Luskin seems to (again) misunderstand that …
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Dembski gets things wrong… as usual
I hate to link and run, but I just read this post by Ian Musgrave at the Panda’s Thumb blog and found it eminently worthwhile to pass along. It’s about what he calls “Science Envy” by the pretend scientists at the Discovery Institute, referring to an article by William Dembski who is noteworthy for spreading …
Woo by the ton!
Given that folks in the Skeptic, Science, and Atheist communities generally refer to new age healing, astrology, homeopathic “remedies,” and other spiritual-type wackiness as “woo,” I found this sign near my house very, very humorous. Woo for $299 a ton! That sounds like a great deal for the Discovery Institute… although, on second thought, they …
Hitting the Nail on the Head
Nicholas Gotelli, a professor of Biology at the University of Vermont, evidently received an invitation to debate someone from the Discovery Institute on evolutionary science and intelligent design. PZ Myers posted about it on Pharyngula, including the original invitation and the response from Professor Gotelli. It’s one of the best responses I’ve seen to the …