intelligent design
Criticism of Dembski's "Explanatory Filter": Vindicated
Submitted by Wesley R. Elsberry on Sat, 2008-12-06 15:33. Dembski, William A. | antievolution | criticism | explanatory filter | intelligent design | william dembskiI’ve been saying that there were problems in William Dembski’s “explanatory filter” for a long, long time. Dembski has finally admitted that was the case.
At the February 1997 NTSE conference, when I brought up the “traveling salesman problem” solved by genetic algorithm as an example that countered Dembski’s EF, he responded that his logic was sound and his premises were true, therefore his conclusion followed. Dembski in that instant dismissed empirical data as having any bearing on his work. It only took the better part of twelve years for Dembski to repudiate the soundness of his logic presented then.
Florida: Open Letter on Learning from History
Submitted by Wesley R. Elsberry on Mon, 2008-04-28 15:29. Legal Matters | academic freedom | antievolution | creationism | evolution | history | intelligent design | religionThe "academic freedom" and "critical analysis" bills currently being considered by the Florida legislature are old stratagems borrowed from antievolution efforts in other states. Ronda Storms and Alan Hays have been asked whether "intelligent design" could be taught in science classrooms. Storms and Hays steadfastly refuse to answer the question posed. You have to look at what has been done in the name of narrow religious antievolution and not what is said.
