tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2139951142565301940.post4385017370668413714..comments2023-05-21T08:41:45.624-07:00Comments on The Valley Vanguard: Letter: Intelligent Design Not ScienceThe Valley Vanguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960717940714317780noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2139951142565301940.post-43502197067932386302008-12-08T03:08:00.000-08:002008-12-08T03:08:00.000-08:00Science is not a democratic process; we don’t vote...<I>Science is not a democratic process; we don’t vote on the “best” theory.</I><BR/><BR/>Bullshit.<BR/><BR/>http://arxiv.org/abs/0705.2462<BR/><BR/>http://dorigo.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/guest-post-rick-ryals-the-anthropic-principle/<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=PluckPersona&U=f4af536be6e34501aa356a4a76ef99cf&plckPersonaPage=PersonaBlog&plckUserId=f4af536be6e34501aa356a4a76ef99cf" REL="nofollow">Etceteras</A><BR/><BR/>Your statement is a lot like saying that Republicans don't typically deny global warming because they don't get together and vote on it.<BR/><BR/>The rest of what you said is okay, but IDists would strongly disagree with your assertion that "there have never, ever, been any data generated to suggest that Intelligent Design is a valid hypothesis let alone a scientific theory".<BR/><BR/>And it would be very easy to show in court that scientists dishonestly "conspire" against their belief that they have evidence for an ID:<BR/><BR/>http://discovermagazine.com/2008/dec/10-sciences-alternative-to-an-intelligent-creator<BR/><BR/>Politics as usual... but your high-horse just broke a leg.<BR/><BR/>Maybe I should rebut your OP-ED?<BR/><BR/><I>As things stand now we will be in a very awkward position </I>[if his unobservable multiverse hypothesis turns out to be the bogus hype of over extended string theorists].<I> Without any explanation of nature's fine-tunings we will be hard pressed to answer the ID critics.</I><BR/>-Leonard Susskind, strong atheist physicist and "the father of string theory" being interviewed by Amanda Gefter.<BR/><BR/>Yep, it wouldn't be hard at all to put many reputable scientists on the witness stand and force them to make a case for ID.<BR/><BR/>Let the denial begin...islandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774086177497447408noreply@blogger.com