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07/15/05
Eugenie Scott's foot-in-the-mouth problem
Eugenie Scott recently stated on NPR that real scientists should not debate ID in public because most people are "naive". Name calling and implying that the vast majority of people are stupid is a good sign that the end is in sight. This seems to be an opening for ID proponents because it makes clear that we are committed to a culture of rational discourse and the other side is not.
William Dembski blogged on this "foot-in-mouth" disease of Scott. Click HERE for the blog.
Kansas board targets Darwinism - Changes encourage evolution criticism
Earlier this week, two members of the Kansas Science Committee and one other member of the Board offered further revisions to the June 9 draft of the Science standards which essentially made that draft consistent with the Minority Report and the provisions that 23 experts validated during the hearings in May.
An article by Diane Carroll in the Kansas City Star provides an inaccurate description of the actions taken.
The article illustrates the strategy of the opposition evolving from "you are putting ID into the standards," to "you are putting in the standards a concept "friendly to ID." Since they are friendly to ID, they should not be allowed. This essentially means that criticisms of evolution are not allowed because all criticisms are going to be friendly to ID. This elevates evolution to the status of an ideology. Of course, the State can not promote an ideology.
One of the major misstatements in the Star article is relevant to this issue. The article incorrectly states that
"There was, however, at least some new language added to the standards. The following paragraph, offered by Bacon, was adopted: "We also emphasize that the science curriculum standards do not include intelligent design, the scientific disagreement with the claim of many evolutionary biologists that the apparent design of living systems is an illusion. While the testimony presented at the science hearings included many advocates of intelligent design, these standards neither mandate nor prohibit teaching about this scientific disagreement."
Substantively this is not a new addition.. The language has been in the minority report from inception:
"According to many scientists a core claim of evolutionary theory is that the apparent design of living systems is an illusion. Other scientists disagree. These standards neither mandate nor prohibit teaching about this scientific disagreement."
The language is significant because it provides a defintion of ID that shows on its face to be "scientific." Hence, even though ID is not being added, it is being appropriately defined.
Thanks to John Calvert for the clarifications above.
For the full article (you may need to register), click HERE.
Signs of Intelligence?
The Weekly Standard weighs in on ID vs naturalism via Isaac Constantine.
For the entire article, click HERE.
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