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Essential Reading: Law, Darwinism, and Public Education
Law, Darwinism, and Public Education: The Establishment Clause and the Challenge of Intelligent DesignBy Francis J. BeckwithRowman & Littlefield, 2004, 185 pages.ISBN 0-7425-1430-7 Legal scholar Francis J. Beckwith recounts the legal history of court battles over the teaching of biological origins. Though many thought that the landmark Supreme Court case Edwards v. Aguillard would permanently settle these questions by ruling creationism unconstitutional, Beckwith observes that intelligent design poses a new challenge to legal scholars. Beckwith provides a thorough treatment of the subject.
Rebuttal to Paul Gross’ Review of The Edge of Evolution – Error #4: Misrepresenting the State of Thinking in Cosmology
[This four part series responding to Paul Gross can be seen in: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.] In his review of Michael Behe’s book The Edge of Evolution, Paul Gross wrongly claims that cosmic fine-tuning is rejected by mainstream physicists. Gross writes that “as proof of intelligent design [Behe] now hitches it to the strong anthropic principle: a universe fine-tuned for human life, and not by accident. … mainstream … cosmology remain[s] unimpressed.” First, cosmic design is a minimal component of Behe’s book, which primarily focuses on biological design. Second, there are a variety of respected physicists who believe that cosmic find-tuning is a valid inference from the data. Indeed, Gross seems to have forgotten that numerous Read More ›
We’re Movin’ On Up
This weekend Discovery Institute is moving its Seattle offices crosstown. For the locals in the know, we’ll be saying goodbye to the exciting corner of Third & Pike, and heading south closer to Pioneer Square (here’s a pic of the new digs). The new street address is 208 Columbia. More on the move here. Moving servers, phone systems, and everything else is a chore. So, if the blog goes down for a while, well you’ve been warned. And if you’re having trouble reaching us between now and Monday, have patience.
The Truth About The Dover Intelligent Design Trial — traipsingintoevolution.com
November 13th PBS’ NOVA program aired Judgment Day a special program on the Dover ID trial. For the truth about the Dover intelligent design trial go to www.traipsingintoevolution.com.
New Report Exposes Sham of Academic Freedom at Baylor University
Today’s edition of the student newspaper at Baylor University carries a devastating investigative report exposing new details of the university’s shameful treatment of pro-ID engineering professor Robert Marks. Anyone who thinks Baylor science faculty have academic freedom to research and write about ID should read this article, which provides extensive documentation of the lengths to which some Baylor administrators will go to censor and shut down open discussion and research about intelligent design. From reading the article, it appears that the intolerance of pro-ID faculty comes from the very top of the institution. This account makes a mockery of Baylor’s own Faculty Handbook, which promises faculty that