Kristine
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| Quote | | I'm reminded of what Sober and pals said in "How Not to Detect Design": |
I haven't read the whole PDF yet (I'm in class, on break, as we speak), but this reminds me of the debate between Dembski and Lee Silver. Dembski stressed the importance of his EF in this debate. In the Q&A, someone referred to Silver calling his remote PPT control as "intelligently designed" and went in for the kill: "And you made that inference without religion, Prof. Silver?" Silver admitted that he had, and I wished that I could have been there to riposte: "And did you need Dr. Dembski's EF to make that inference, Prof. Silver?" 
Ah, alternative universes.
I too find it difficult to read Dembski. I didn't nickname him Andre Breton for nothing - and Breton's much more fun to read. (Mad Love is great.) High-falutin' don't 'mpress this midwestern librarian, Bill. 
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