Erasmus, FCD
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Quote (Paul Nelson @ Feb. 01 2008,08:12) | I sent the design detection experiment proposal to Jeff Shallit, and he said it wasn't worth doing. I think I also sent the proposal to Wesley. The idea was to have a large archive of bitstrings, of varying lengths, identified only by curation tags, and to ask people to pick out which strings were intelligently caused, and how they discovered that. (I'd be happy to send the original proposal, as a pdf, to anyone who's interested: contact me at [EMAIL=nelsonpa@alumni.uchicago.edu.]nelsonpa@alumni.uchicago.edu.[/EMAIL]) Jeff's reasons for debunking the idea struck me as pretty good, although right now I can't remember which was the most compelling.
Since then, some friends have come up with a much better design detection experiment idea -- one that might actually teach us something. One of Jeff's objections to the bitstring proposal was that the experiment would do little to move the ID debate along. We're refining the new proposal, and then I'll send it along to Jeff for critique.
Since this is the Explore Evolution (EE) thread, here's an update. I got no nibbles at Discovery for my suggestion, late last summer, of a moderation-free, or moderation-light, forum to discuss EE. I've been stopping in here periodically to see if new critiques of EE have been posted, but mostly, the thread is comments about me stopping by, which -- although providing entertainment for ATBC readers -- doesn't help me much as an EE author. But, after a very busy fall 2007 travel & lecture schedule, I've got some time in my Chicago office, so [ta da] am starting my own webpage and blog.
Yes, I know -- just what the world needs, another blog. I'll have a sub-page there for EE discussion. The second edition of EE should be out fairly soon, with corrections, revisions, etc. |
Oh Paul, I suppose while you were stopping in here periodically and checking for critiques you didn't notice that Lenny Flank tore the EE rag apart just a few pages ago. You have yet to respond to any of that criticism.
You can't just start over. Lenny isn't around here anymore, or at least quit posting, but does that exonerate your inability to meet that criticism?
-------------- You're obviously illiterate as hell. Peach, bro.-FtK
Finding something hard to believe based on the evidence, is science.-JoeG
the odds of getting some loathsome taint are low-- Gordon E Mullings Manjack Heights Montserrat
I work on molecular systems with pathway charts and such.-Giggles
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