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sparc



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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 18 2008,23:14   

I think GG could be more successful if he presented his "the universe is set up for discovery" BS in the way Billy Preston did it.

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Tracy P. Hamilton



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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 19 2008,08:40   

Quote (Henry J @ Aug. 14 2008,11:55)
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Did anyone ever tell him the moon hasn't always been the same distance from earth as it is now?

Yeah, but the moon was designed to be at just the right distance when humans were to be designed.  And the earth-moon system was designed to have the earth's rotation be 365.25 days at just the right time to match the calendar!

Could've they have designed a calender in which the months are all the same length, and equal to a integer number of weeks? :p

Henry

No.  The solar system was designed to encourage man to discover real numbers.  :D

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Henry J



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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 19 2008,09:50   

Quote (Tracy P. Hamilton @ Aug. 19 2008,07:40)
No.  The solar system was designed to encourage man to discover real numbers.  :D

So, God wants us to do the math? :O :D

  
Venus Mousetrap



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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 19 2008,10:08   

I also want to know why I should accept Gonzales' version over this, since this has Stonehenge and aliens in it.

  
Mr_Christopher



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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 19 2008,10:11   

I hear DI fellow Michael Medved running his bigfoot research center out of the DI's top secret lab.

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 19 2008,11:39   

Quote (Venus Mousetrap @ Aug. 19 2008,11:08)
I also want to know why I should accept Gonzales' version over this, since this has Stonehenge and aliens in it.

If it doesn't have pyramids and energy bodies, it's not worth bothering with.

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Linky“. ~ Steve Story, Legend

   
Richardthughes



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(Permalink) Posted: April 23 2009,09:43   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8FK-QU3ILI&feature=related

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(Permalink) Posted: April 23 2009,10:34   

Quote (Richardthughes @ April 23 2009,09:43)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8FK-QU3ILI&feature=related

It looks like they are finally switching over to reality based vids - good catch. :)

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Bob O'H



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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 06 2009,22:20   

The Biologic Institute is Expanding!
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Biologic Institute welcomes three European scientists this month, the first (we hope) of many. [1] Professor Matti Leisola, the Dean of Chemistry and Materials Science at Helsinki University of Technology in Finland, brings a wealth of experience on the structure and function of enzymes, including their responses to engineered changes.  His research team has made a huge impact in their field, with well over a thousand references to their work in the scientific literature.

Colin Reeves, Professor of Operational Research in the School of Mathematical and Information Sciences at Coventry University, expands our program of research on information theory and search algorithms.  His work in this area has focused on genetic algorithms—search methods that borrow various principles from evolutionary biology.  Connections of this kind between different fields provide opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration, which is nearly always a good thing.

The addition of Stuart Burgess likewise brings us to an exciting interface between disciplines.  Professor Burgess is the Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bristol.  He’s a first-rate engineer, but one with an unusual fascination with biology.  That’s the right combination of interests for designing things like robotic versions of flying insects. [2] Our interest, of course, is that you can’t come away from projects like that without new insights into the connection between life and design.

Maybe your expertise will be the next valuable addition.  If so, we’d like to hear from you.  We aren’t big (yet).  But we keep seeing big opportunities.

So, that's a biochemist, a mathematician (sort of), and an engineer.  Hm.

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 06 2009,22:55   

Quote (J-Dog @ April 23 2009,10:34)
Quote (Richardthughes @ April 23 2009,09:43)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8FK-QU3ILI&feature=related

It looks like they are finally switching over to reality based vids - good catch. :)

This vid has been pulled due to a copyright claim from the DI. It's fair use / parody.

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 06 2009,23:01   

you'd think Casey would have learned his lesson by now.

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(Permalink) Posted: June 10 2010,05:44   

Hopefully this will make the thread easier to find: the title is the name one might search for.

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Bob O'H



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(Permalink) Posted: June 10 2010,14:54   

Ah, thank you Wes. For some reason searching for Biologic didn't work. Either that or my search-foo needed more caffeine.

Anyway, here is Axe being either dumb or disingenuous. You chose!

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(Permalink) Posted: June 10 2010,15:51   

Quote (Bob O'H @ June 10 2010,14:54)
Ah, thank you Wes. For some reason searching for Biologic didn't work. Either that or my search-foo needed more caffeine.

Anyway, here is Axe being either dumb or disingenuous. You chose!

I CAN HAS BOWF?

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Richardthughes



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(Permalink) Posted: June 10 2010,15:55   

Arf!



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J-Dog



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(Permalink) Posted: June 10 2010,16:46   

BTW -  Miscrosoft wants to be notified about "malicious" sites too...

UD, Barry & Clive... are you paying attention?

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(Permalink) Posted: June 10 2010,17:10   

April 30th, 2010 Douglas Axe:                    
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BIO-Complexity demonstrates its commitment to critical exchange in other ways as well.  For every peer-reviewed article it publishes, it seeks a well-informed Critique of that article.  And for each of these it seeks a Response from the original authors.  Unlike the original articles they comment on, Critiques and Responses won’t be peer reviewed.  The reason for this is that we want to give people appropriate freedom to state informed opinions boldly, without the level of caution that peer review tends to enforce.  And on the subject of peer review, the policy of BIO-Complexity is to seek evaluation from experts who fall on both sides of the ID controversy.

Yada Yada Yada.

10 June. Zero well-informed critiques.
                   
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Finally, you can have your say as well, because everyone who agrees to abide by three common-sense rules can post comments on anything and everything that BIO-Complexity publishes [3].


I can have my say? Ok, great. Let's find out what we are dealing with.

The nice folk at http://foundationcenter.org/findfunders/990finder/ are happy to provide their Form 990 "Organization Exempt From Income Tax" from 2006 to 2008 (sort of). Query: "biologic institute".

So what's their primary purpose? In 2006/7 their form said:


Ok. And how were they doing that? Need some specialised equipment for that no doubt. Science stuff and all that.

Hey, well, a freezer! They need them, right! I've seen pictures of labs and they often have what look like freezers in the background! And a Mac.

I guess they must spend a lot on rent instead.

That's good. I mean, they then have plenty of cash left over to spend on research and all that.

Hmm. These forms are new to me but I can't seem to find any other major expenditures then

Oh. And the freezer was quite expensive! It must be a science freezer for sure!


And so, with their trusty Mac, freezer and photocopier they stride into 2007 steeling themselves for the fight and inevitable victory against Darwinism.

So, what progress in next year's form? Well, somebody gave them $725,100. They are still paying the same rent.

Well, doubters (I sense it), something did change! Something major.

Yep! Another Apple! Top notch model at the time by my reckoning. Course it'll be outdated now but that's the way it goes!
New research scientists joined the team that year. That'll be what they've been waiting for. To buy the equipment. To do the research.

A cool 50k. Nice. Guess what with the excitement of the new Mac and I guess the freezer may have been playing up that's why they forgot to file their tax form!

I wonder. Could this "third party" be him? it? The intelligent designer?

Nah. They'd need another Mac. We'll have to wait until 2009 is up to find out! But what did they achieve in 2008?


Woo! Nearly 4000 hits!

But it's like Mr Axe says
       
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Enough said.  Go explore.  I can’t think of anything bad to say about BIO-Complexity, so I’ll leave that to others.  Let them have their say, and then come back to the question of what science is all about.  If you’re a big fan of science, I think you’ll end up being a big fan of BIO-Complexity.

Yeah, I'm a big fan! Oh and 2007/8 saw Axe get a rise, taking in $92,083. I guess it was those 4000 hits. Or, nearly 4000 rather. A 36 % increase? If his website gets a million hits he'll be rolling in it! Imagine!

And next year? 2008? 2009? I think it'll go

Freezer, Mac, Mac, Photocopier, Mac

And after that? Impossible to tell.......

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I also mentioned that He'd have to give me a thorough explanation as to *why* I must "eat human babies".
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(Permalink) Posted: June 11 2010,01:25   

I nominate OM for POTW for due diligence and thoroughly enjoyable running commentary!  (does this thread have a POTx? Is Jason Spaceman on earthly furlough?)

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(Permalink) Posted: June 11 2010,01:39   

Interesting that this thread alone has been in existence for about 3.5 years, has 12,117 views, and thus has an average annual view rate of nearly 3,500 views/year. The Biologic Institute seems to be playing in "Low Expectations Theater" mode.

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(Permalink) Posted: June 11 2010,02:24   

Quote (Wesley R. Elsberry @ June 11 2010,16:39)
Interesting that this thread alone has been in existence for about 3.5 years, has 12,117 views, and thus has an average annual view rate of nearly 3,500 views/year. The Biologic Institute seems to be playing in "Low Expectations Theater" mode.

Wes, so if he gets 97k for 40,000 views then you must be a millionaire

  
Quack



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(Permalink) Posted: June 11 2010,03:10   

Thoughts running through my mind but since it boggles I am left speech & write-less.

Edited to use ampersand.

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(Permalink) Posted: June 11 2010,04:11   

Quote (Wesley R. Elsberry @ June 11 2010,07:39)
Interesting that this thread alone has been in existence for about 3.5 years, has 12,117 views, and thus has an average annual view rate of nearly 3,500 views/year. The Biologic Institute seems to be playing in "Low Expectations Theater" mode.

It says "Nearly 4000 unique visitors accessed the site within the first month of launch, indicating a considerable level of interest."
So, we don't know how many visitors the site regularly gets. But knowing that whoever wrote this probably tried to give their numbers the most positive spin, that every ID-friendly site and - more importantly - a lot of decidedly ID-unfriendly sites linked to the Biologic institute's site after its launch, I think we can safely assume that their monthly visitor numbers are underwhelming.

Over the last year they've had under 3400 visitors in total according to Compete.

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(Permalink) Posted: June 11 2010,10:57   

Quote (sparc @ Aug. 18 2008,21:14)
I think GG could be more successful if he presented his "the universe is set up for discovery" BS in the way Billy Preston did it.

"Nothin' from nothin' leaves nothin'"?

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ERV



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(Permalink) Posted: June 11 2010,11:54   

Ah yes, Ann Gauger.  The worlds most preeminent stay at home mom Scientist.

$50,000.

Christ.

  
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(Permalink) Posted: June 11 2010,13:14   

I did dun emailed a PeeZee and he linked:

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyng....itu.php

Huzzah!

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(Permalink) Posted: June 12 2010,05:45   

Huzzah indeed! Cheers Richard, glad to see this info getting more widely disseminated.

TBH Axe and his "Darwinist Tree Huggers" piece annoyed me, why is he writing tripe like that if he's got serious science to do?

So I thought I'd look into what it is they are doing, and as we've seen it's not a whole lot of science.

Sure, they can do all sorts of cool stuff on their Mac(s) but what they are claiming? No, they'll need more then a Mac and a freezer to do that.

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I also mentioned that He'd have to give me a thorough explanation as to *why* I must "eat human babies".
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sparc



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(Permalink) Posted: Mar. 31 2012,22:33   

The Biologic Institute has changed its appearance. Seemingly it will be run as a kind of blog now. However, without comments.

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"[...] the type of information we find in living systems is beyond the creative means of purely material processes [...] Who or what is such an ultimate source of information? [...] from a theistic perspective, such an information source would presumably have to be God."

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(Permalink) Posted: April 01 2012,01:12   

Spiffy new webpage.  The alpha helices don't look much like the assorted hardware strewn around...




but the wingnut is appropriate.

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(Permalink) Posted: April 01 2012,09:57   

Ha! The most recent paper they list is from 2008. So, um no research for 4 years?

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(Permalink) Posted: April 01 2012,10:27   

Quote (Bob O'H @ April 01 2012,09:57)
Ha! The most recent paper they list is from 2008. So, um no research for 4 years?

Ha! Ha!  You know perfectly well that's cuz us Darwinists - all praise be to Dawkins - just won't let them!

BTW - Your turn to crush all Dembski's hopes and dreams is coming up soon, so pay attention to the schedule.

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Gullibility is not a virtue - Quidam on Dembski's belief in the Bible Code Faith Healers & ID 7/08

UD is an Unnatural Douchemagnet. - richardthughes 7/11

  
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