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Entry 1461

On MetaFilter, a link to this article on Slate (again Slate, you rock for having permanent URLs), Unintelligible Redesign, "This is the way creationism ends. Not with a bang, but with a whimper." The article seems to be saying that Intelligent Design is a cop out... Another thing for me to read in the bath, if I ever get to take it

The guy on MetaFilter hails this as the death of creationism, and talks about how creationism is a "threat". Sounds odd to me... I guess it is a threat to your own vision of autonomy.

I really like this comment, it's about creationism, but I'd swear he was talking about evolution! "It is essentially a post-hoc explanation of [some] existing data which cannot provide any testable predictions. Scientifically it belongs in the same bin as most new age mysticism and paranormal beliefs."

Update... the article was actually right on in some ways, but overall was very offensive. The author was either very careless with words, or more likely, was very shrewd in his choice of words. He equated creationists with the Taliban!

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