tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782688301621700725.post5543324081788377552..comments2024-03-24T00:33:00.389-07:00Comments on Bounded Science: Open access to Biological Information: New PerspectivesTom Englishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03887540845396409340noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782688301621700725.post-1830196512231043662013-09-09T14:06:36.343-07:002013-09-09T14:06:36.343-07:00No one prominent in the ID movement has ever accus...No one prominent in the ID movement has ever accused me of intellectual dishonesty or defamation or ad hominem arguments. Prior to the Dover trial, Bill Dembski referred Kenneth Chang, a New York Times science writer, to me as a fair-minded critic of ID. When Baylor University gave the boot to Bob Marks' website for the Evolutionary Informatics Lab, I regarded that as infringement of his academic freedom. I contacted the regents and upper-level administrators of the school, and exchanged email and phone calls with some of them. I also protested by affiliating myself with the Lab for a time. Funny how that didn't make its way into the documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, ain't it?<br /><br />As for Biological Information: New Perspectives, you will see, if you follow the link at the beginning of this post, that I did not object to its publication. I suggested that Springer classify it as speculative philosophy, rather than science, and gave a good reason for doing so. You may disagree with me on the status of ID, but you cannot make me out to be intolerant or censorial. I'll add that Casey Luskin has fabricated a story of how the "Darwin Defenders" pressured Springer to cancel publication of the book. It happens that I was in communication behind the scenes with people he thinks were responsible, and know for a fact that they agreed to do nothing that the Discovery Institute might construe as censorship. (I think I still have the email notes filed away.) Of course, that didn't stop the fast-talking little shyster in Seattle from cranking out propaganda, did it?<br /><br />In short, you really should find out something about the individual you are addressing before dumping a load of boilerplate on him.Tom Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03887540845396409340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782688301621700725.post-24074732222392952702013-09-09T12:54:31.520-07:002013-09-09T12:54:31.520-07:00It is despicable how such people call yourselves &...It is despicable how such people call yourselves "open-minded" and scientists, yet proceed with nothing but ad-hominem and defamation. It would be nice, if there was a shred of intellectual honesty within any of you.<br /><br />It reminds me of papal reign that subdued theories of science considered to undermine papal authority. Rabid-Fanatical Evolutionary theorists...the new Inquisitorial church and religion. They brandish themselves most tolerant, while not accepting anything that even remotely challenges a theory they hold dear.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01244890841387318098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782688301621700725.post-65875477702734459262013-06-06T21:00:15.131-07:002013-06-06T21:00:15.131-07:00That's what I linked to with "previous se...That's what I linked to with "previous secret meeting." I knew the phrase was too vague. Thanks for making it explicit.Tom Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03887540845396409340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7782688301621700725.post-62609067856160878972013-06-06T19:21:06.382-07:002013-06-06T19:21:06.382-07:00You'll find coverage of the 2007 Boston meetin...You'll find coverage of the 2007 Boston meeting at pandasthumb:<br />http://www.pandasthumb.org/archives/2008/02/id-intelligent.htmlSPARChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09563722742249547887noreply@blogger.com