"A self-styled form of Darwinian fundamentalism has risen to some prominence in a variety of fields, from the English biological heartland of John Maynard Smith to the uncompromising ideology (albeit in graceful prose) of his compatriot Richard Dawkins, to the equally narrow and more ponderous writing of the American philosopher Daniel Dennett . . . . - Stephen Jay Gould, "Darwinian Fundamentalism," The New York Review of Books.
The DVD for the documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed has been released. I do not have my copy yet, but I will be buying one. For those who have a copy, are there any interesting extras?
posted by Lawrence Selden @ 5:30 PM
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I am a macroevolution agnostic. I used to accept evolutionary theory. Then I looked at the evidence. It became clear to me that macroevolutionary theory is built more on a priori philosophical assumptions than on evidence. Microevolution, on the other hand, is supported by the evidence. The distinction between the two is critical and is largely ignored, or not understood, by the mainstream media and general public.
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Speaking of entertainment, Oil Productions in the UK has just launched a crossmedia program, site, community and games about genetics in commemoration of the publication of Darwin's theory 150 years ago.
Watch, play learn all about genetics with Routes - http://www.routesgame.com - Sponsored by Channel 4 and the Wellcome Trust.
Happy Birthday Chuck!!!
I paid to see "expelled" at the theater, but was gravely disappointed. Although some good, strong points were made, any hope of attracting serious skepticism about Darwinian fundamentalism was squandered by the grossly overwrought "connections" to the Nazi death camps and so on. I understand the point about materialism and secularism leading to a collapse of moral values, the devaluing of human life and so on. But trying to discredit Richard Dawkins and his ilk by wandering around old death camp sites isn't going to win any hearts and minds.
And it is unnecessary. The purely scientific inadequacies of the preposterous materialist/Darwinist claims are legion, and a simple explanation of why, from a purely scientific point of view, these inadequacies should be publicized, taught in the schools and faced up to by those who claim a "rationally-based" worldview, would be far more enlightening and persuasive.
Too bad. Missed opportunity.
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