tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post112773493094132816..comments2023-12-21T06:35:36.624-05:00Comments on Recursivity: Creationists Handing Out Origin of Species at MITUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-72808458624534150922009-11-22T05:48:52.621-05:002009-11-22T05:48:52.621-05:00Yes - it's remarkable, isn't it, how many ...Yes - it's remarkable, isn't it, how many foolish things have been said about evolution, and how many people think that quotemining is the way to determine the truth of a theory?Jeffrey Shallithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763971505497961430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-58919156901704219282009-11-22T05:22:28.845-05:002009-11-22T05:22:28.845-05:00Speaking about quotemining, I had to admit that th...Speaking about quotemining, I had to admit that the following quote from Comfort's introduction is not an idea we often hear in biology circles:<br /><br /><br />“As we know, there is a great divergence of opinion among<br />biologists … because the evidence is unsatisfactory and does<br />not permit any certain conclusion. It is therefore right and<br />proper to draw the attention of the non-scientific public to<br />the disagreements about evolution. But some recent remarks<br />of evolutionists show that they think this unreasonable.<br />This situation, where scientific men rally to the defense of<br />a doctrine they are unable to define scientifically, much less<br />demonstrate with scientific rigor, attempting to maintain its<br />credit with the public by the suppression of criticism and the<br />elimination of difficulties, is abnormal and unwise in<br />science.”<br />— Prof. W. R. Thompson, F.R.S.,<br />Introduction to Origin of Species (1956)Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-25320341698730227542009-11-22T02:30:06.059-05:002009-11-22T02:30:06.059-05:00I was trying to say that Comfort would quotemine. ...I was trying to say that Comfort would quotemine. I merely provided an example.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-85372186880409642262009-11-21T08:05:26.390-05:002009-11-21T08:05:26.390-05:00Thanks for pointing this out. I just saw a video c...Thanks for pointing this out. I just saw a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN9zpf5cT0M" rel="nofollow">video clip</a> advertising this book. It is an interesting exercise to count the number of absurdities in the advertiser's speech.Takis Konstantopouloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675216467783238403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-49822805561037496062009-11-20T06:19:55.726-05:002009-11-20T06:19:55.726-05:00Sorry, Frank, but if you've got a point to mak...Sorry, Frank, but if you've got a point to make, it escapes me. Perhaps taking a writing course might help?Jeffrey Shallithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763971505497961430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-2217473233747221172009-11-20T05:41:04.593-05:002009-11-20T05:41:04.593-05:00You're misreading me.
Try reading my post agai...You're misreading me.<br />Try reading my post again, this time emphasizing the word "selected".Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-4072172389065597402009-11-20T04:21:44.270-05:002009-11-20T04:21:44.270-05:00Oh, dear, Frank, you seem very confused. Biology ...Oh, dear, Frank, you seem very confused. Biology has progressed a lot since 1859.Jeffrey Shallithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763971505497961430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-77429588172620436652009-11-20T03:25:11.527-05:002009-11-20T03:25:11.527-05:00Comfort should've saved his efforts and just h...Comfort should've saved his efforts and just handed out copies of Darwin's book with selected statements from Ernst Mayr. Didn't Mayr write: "Darwin failed to solve the problem indicated by the title of his work."?Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-31564766213914365282009-11-18T14:13:34.494-05:002009-11-18T14:13:34.494-05:00What a coincidence, I just heard yesterday that cr...What a coincidence, I just heard yesterday that creationists were handing out copies at my old school, the University of Manitoba. Very disappointing, but the science editor of the newspaper there is going to do an evolution issue in response.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11722691123075606285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-73513910647886094252009-11-18T13:38:38.463-05:002009-11-18T13:38:38.463-05:00They aren't handing them out here at BU. I was...They aren't handing them out here at BU. I was hoping to pick one up at Harvard but this early distribution doesn't work well since I don't have time to go over today.Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00637936588223855248noreply@blogger.com