Re: paleonet article on ID

[dana geary <dana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here is the link to Allen Orr's piece on ID-

>http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/050530fa_fact

dana



>Hi all,
>
>This just in. Thought you might be interested.
>Sorry, do not have the article in question yet.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Niko
>
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>Faculty Member Yuh-Nung Jan makes an unusual evaluation of an Intelligent
>Design article
>Yuh-Nung Jan (HHMI, UCSF), a F1000 Faculty Member for the Neurodevelopment
>section, has commented on an article by H Allen Orr entitled "Master
>Planned: Why intelligent design isn't" in the New Yorker that cannot be
>included in the Faculty of 1000 site because it comprises evaluations for
>scientific papers only; however, we thought his comments may be of general
>interest to life scientists:
>
>"Many biologists are probably puzzled (and perhaps appalled) by the action
>of the state educational boards in a number of states in the USA mandating
>the teaching of "intelligent design" as an alternative to Darwin's theory of
>evolution. This article provides a succinct evaluation/debunking of the
>underlying arguments of the "intelligent design" (ID) movement. I think most
>scientists are aware of this ID movement; however, I suspect that most of us
>(myself included) believe that ID is scientific non-sense that is largely
>motivated by religious groups and hence would not bother spending time to go
>over their arguments. I was quite impressed by this New Yorker article,
>which gives an excellent account for the basic arguments underlying ID. This
>ID movement can do a lot of damage (not only affecting science education but
>also with potential impact on research policy such as stem cell research in
>the USA). If some of us are to debunk the ID movement when we have a chance
>(even at the grass-root level), it would be a good idea to be aware of the
>arguments, and this article provides an excellent starting point."
>
>
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>Nikolaus Malchus
>
>PhD (Geology)
>Ramón y Cajal researcher (RyC 1)
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