Posted on 04/21/2008 7:23:01 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
In Ben Stein's new film "Expelled," there is a great scene where Richard Dawkins is going on about how evolution explains everything. This is part of Dawkins' grand claim, which echoes through several of his books, that evolution by itself has refuted the argument from design. The argument from design hold that the design of the universe and of life are most likely the product of an intelligent designer. Dawkins thinks that Darwin has disproven this argument.
So Stein puts to Dawkins a simple question, "How did life begin?" One would think that this is a question that could be easily answered. Dawkins, however, frankly admits that he has no idea. One might expect Dawkins to invoke evolution as the all-purpose explanation. Evolution, however, only explains transitions from one life form to another. Evolution has no explanation for how life got started in the first place. Darwin was very clear about this.
In order for evolution to take place, there had to be a living cell. The difficulty for atheists is that even this original cell is a work of labyrinthine complexity. Franklin Harold writes in The Way of the Cell that even the simplest cells are more ingeniously complicated than man's most elaborate inventions: the factory system or the computer. Moreover, Harold writes that the various components of the cell do not function like random widgets; rather, they work purposefully together, as if cooperating in a planned organized venture. Dawkins himself has described the cell as the kind of supercomputer, noting that it functions through an information system that resembles the software code.
Is it possible that living cells somehow assembled themselves from nonliving things by chance? The probabilities here are so infinitesimal that they approach zero. Moreover, the earth has been around for some 4.5 billion years and the first traces of life have already been found at some 3.5 billion years ago. This is just what we have discovered: it's quite possible that life existed on earth even earlier. What this means is that, within the scope of evolutionary time, life appeared on earth very quickly after the earth itself was formed. Is it reasonable to posit that a chance combination of atoms and molecules, under those conditions, somehow generated a living thing? Could the random collision of molecules somehow produce a computer?
It is ridiculously implausible to think so. And the absurdity was recognized more than a decade ago by Francis Crick, co-discoverer of the DNA double helix. Yet Crick is a committed atheist. Unwilling to consider the possibility of divine or supernatural creation, Crick suggested that maybe aliens brought life to earth from another planet. And this is precisely the suggestion that Richard Dawkins makes in his response to Ben Stein. Perhaps, he notes, life was delivered to our planet by highly-evolved aliens. Let's call this the "ET" explanation.
Stein brilliantly responds that he had no idea Richard Dawkins believes in intelligent design! And indeed Dawkins does seem to be saying that alien intelligence is responsible for life arriving on earth. What are we to make of this? Basically Dawkins is surrendering on the claim that evolution can account for the origins of life. It can't. The issue now is simply whether a natural intelligence (ET) or a supernatural intelligence (God) created life. Dawkins can't bear the supernatural explanation and so he opts for ET. But doesn't it take as much, or more, faith to believe in extraterrestrial biology majors depositing life on earth than it does to believe in a transcendent creator?
That is paranoia since no congresscritter was breathing down anyone's neck. Sternberg eventually went to the executive department(OSC) for relief. Congress got involved evidently over a year after the emails and issued the report in Dec. 2006.
I also read the rest of the email traffic. I just reread 205, but I don’t see any basis for terminating his appt based on this sort of activity, suppose we call him on the phone and verbally ask him to do the right thing and resign?
The date stamp indicates that this email was prior to the "run out of that town" one and, in fact, Sternberg essentially confirms that the "run out of that town" tactic was tried.
The ID card, as you refer to it, or complaint of unfair treatment which it is, was "pulled" in 2004. The renewal came just recently.
From a single individual in your case, unless you can show more. But given that the faculty was so mad, I'd bet on mine. There are other comments about people being surprised, knowing about it only after the web site came up. That would also indicate lack of consultation.
True, but when you are not involved in the compromise process
Neither was the other side, but they accepted it. The compromise was made by an independent outside commission (and not all scientiests) to ensure fairness. I think "Does not play well with others" accurately describes Dembski when dealing with real scientists. He apparently gets along fine with theologians. That's pretty telling.
So, Obama was a paid employee of the CPA.
Reasonable, given his positions on the issues. :)
The word is in the article, but not used by Dembski or his co-worker.
It wasn't by Dembski. Read the article.
It denied giving permission for connection in relation to the internet.
Exactly. And it supposedly denied permission to the Discovery Institute. Doesn't compute.
Knock yourself out, Mr. "arrowheadness".
That was just my guess. We do have evidence that he committed grave offenses, which would have been enough for firing in any case. So for whatever reason the statement was incorrect. What was the timing for the one guy willing to fall on his sword to sponsor him so he couldn't play martyr? Were they already paranoid of him playing the ID card when they said he did nothing wrong?
Face it, they knew this guy shouldn't be working there, but he's most likely only working there because he played the ID card. Affirmative Action at its best.
This reminds me of how when the white manager makes racist remarks he loses his job and the lawsuit award produces millions. But when the black manager makes racist remarks and actually makes racist employment decisions, he just gets a slap on the wrist and the award is a relative pittance.
Protected classes. Welcome to the new America. Thank the IDers for adding yet another one.
You really want a fight that bad?
If you are speaking about Sloan being the only person indicating that faculty outside of the IFL and himself as being the single individual, you are correct. Until the faculty members he did include in the process speak up, he will be the single individual. I believe him. Surprise is not fear. And no one denies that there are lots of Baylor faculty that were not consulted. Consultation was not a requirement for a non-academic "institution".
Neither was the other side, but they accepted it.
Oh
Some faculty members expressed "deep, genuine concern" after receiving an e-mail from the director of the Michael Polanyi Center a day after a report affirmed the center's legitimacy and credibility, according to the chairman of the Faculty Senate.
I have read the article. I am saying the word "association" was not used by Demski or his coworker. Use the search tool on the text. You can see that. Otherwise I will have to post the entire article here.
Exactly. And it supposedly denied permission to the Discovery Institute. Doesn't compute.
It may not compute to you, but the general statement applied to any external link. This is the exact text.
We do not endorse a connection to those sites at all. They didn't ask our permission. It would be better if they removed it, but we can't spend our time policing the Internet."
I’m not too proud. Check the list and freepmail me links to horror stories surrounding people who have signed the statement. Don’t expect to hear from me for a couple of monts, minimum. I figure I can do 25 or fifty a day, once I get the database loaded. The problem is I have no automatic way to convert a pdf table to a delimited text file.
If you can do this it would save me a few hours.
I didn't want a fight at all. I wanted some rational discussion.Your continued disengenuousness keeps that from happening. And I have stated twice now in different ways that I have no interest in getting into a food fight with you so answer this if you like, but please don't bother me thereafter.
Where is it? I'll try to zap the pumpkin into a carriage.(unless it is an image.)
I don’t have it here. Try googling “A SCIENTIFIC DISSENT FROM DARWINISM”
You’re looking for an 18 page pdf.
You went ballistic over the suggestion that functionality is a valid test, when it’s a perfectly rational and reasonable thing to do, and in fact is commonly done. Why would you do that? It should have required no more than a few moments reflection to realize this, and if it hadn’t occurred to you initially, certainly should have well before now.
Guillermo Gonzalez:
Sternberg falsely claiming persecution over the keys and move are especially telling, showing he was willing do everything he could to pull the ID card. You seem to trust the OSC complaint -- the keys and move were part of the complaint, and they are lies. What else is lies?
You are removing the all-important context to turn an inconsistency into a generalized statement. The context was sites such as the Discovery Institute linking to them. Change the text of the quote to include the context and you have "We do not endorse a connection to the Discovery Institute at all." Yet here they are, with connections to the Discovery Institute. Funny.
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I don't agree with your view on this, the statement includes the word internet, but it really doesn't matter. The center does not deny association with DI. DI was a sponsor of the conference.
Maybe not personally. But they were certainly worried about the possibility and the general political climate very early on: in September 2004, one person wrote "I was strongly advised that we do not make a 'martyr' out of Sternberg; you may be aware that there are powerful members of Congress who would rush to his defense." In another e-mail, which I can't locate right now, they worried about "lurid" hearings on Capitol Hill. So they were definitely worried about a political backlash.
Nevertheless, in 10/04, one of the managers wrote, "This issue has now been dealt with at length, and NMNH will not take action against Sternberg as he has not violated the SI-approved terms for Research Associates."
When his RA contract was up, he was given another contract as a Research Collaborator--in a letter dated 11/28/06: "It is a pleasure to inform you of your appointment as Research Collaborator at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, for a period of three years."
Someone inquired on Sternberg's behalf about the difference between an RC and an RA, and this was the answer: "A [RA] works more closely with NMNH staff, often on joint projects....A [RC] is less closely involved with NMNH staff and generally works on his own projects using NMNH resources. [RA] and [RC] both have access to work space and to the collections they need for their projects."
So, far from being "expelled," he was given a new contract and more autonomy. However, he had to work with people who didn't love him, poor baby.
You mischaracterize the record. The emails indicate that they did not want to work with him. His crime? He allowed the publication of an "ID" paper. As the email traffic clearly indicates his work was not the issue. The issue was, as hinted by the NCSE, which is not the SI, to destroy the paper. That should have been a cakewalk in their eyes by doing what is normally done publish an argument against the evidence or conclusions. Instead, they go to extremes to "get" the person that allowed such an affront to them. The email traffic certainly indicates that.
The whole context:
Another concern of the Baylor arts and science faculty are the alternative science links, such as the Creationism Connection and Discovery Institute, that now appear on or connect to the Polanyi web site.One of those sites, as mentioned in the article, is the Discovery Institute."We now show up in a cohort of people that Baylor has worked very hard at disassociating themselves with," Weaver said. "So, my concern is partly how quickly word is going to get out and how compromised it will make us look?"
Weaver considers the links "damning publicity" and is fearful such implications could scare off potential faculty and promising medical students.
Beatty understands their concern.
"I understand the science faculty's point of view regarding the web sites," Beatty said. "It is understandable how the center's interest is presented, or in this case, misrepresented."
Beatty said it was "regrettable that the net could be used to misrepresent your work" but explains that "when you are on the net, you are vulnerable to a lot of outside links and are unable to control who links to you or how your work is perceived."
Gordon agrees with Beatty that such links are unfortunate.
In an interview with the Waco Tribune Herald, Gordon said, "We have no control over who decides to link to our site. We do not endorse a connection to those sites at all. They didn't ask our permission. It would be better if they removed it, but we can't spend our time policing the Internet."
Nice whitewash. Follow:
IOW, he ruined his own reputation. He shouldn't be able to play victim when he caused his own troubles.
In fact, reputation and standing in the discipline are requirements to be an RA at the SI. Having lost that is a good enough reason for him to lose his RA status.
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