Posted on 12/10/2008 8:40:37 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
For Brosh to employ this well-known analogy for his own purposes, without giving credit to Behe, and then to slap Behe’s face with a link to a flawed refutation of Behe’s concept without giving him a chance to respond, is disgustingly irresponsible. You would think the world’s leading science journal would demand proper citation. What happened to academic ethics?
Mousetraps are common, but Behe’s use of a mousetrap as a symbol of an irreducibly complex system in the cell is so well-known throughout the biological community, Brosh cannot argue that each writer has equal access to the common household item for illustrative purposes. It’s interesting that his link to McDonald’s paper is a non-descriptive URL to the site, with no indication it leads to a refutation of Behe. Twinge of conscience, perhaps? The ARN article shows that Behe has the last laugh. So should you, noting that Brosh did not even attempt to explain how the BLM complex arose by an evolutionary process...
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Now that's a first!
Wiley, you’re just pissed that we have exposed the fact that you are a religiously inspired Temple of Darwin fanatic.
INTREP
If you really want to tick off Coyoteman, tell him you think American Indian tales about coyotes are a waste of time. Apparently he thinks they are a great source of quasi-spiritual knowledge and anyone who doesn’t read them is uninformed.
Pointing out that he has only half a degree in evolution is another way.
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