Richardthughes
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Quote (Wesley R. Elsberry @ June 30 2006,09:50) | Apparently anybody can join the discussions on the weblog set up to discuss Allen MacNeill's "intelligent design" course at Cornell University. But be sure to read the ground rules for discussion. I don't know how the co-moderation thing there might work, but you might consider copying any comment made there to a comment here, too, just to have a backup. |
I put this up:
Quote | Ah, the 'explanatory filter'
A few observations, if I may.
Firstly, it is a fallacy of the Holmesian order:
http://www.frankston.com/Public....Fallacy
The false positives have been noted – similar thinking has histrorically led us to think ‘the giants causeways’ was in fact built by giants and that Mars was populated by, erm, canal builders. [the problem with (1-x) type arguments is that man does not and cannot know “1” (everything BUT x)]. It works if you’re omniscient, but then you know what x is already…
Second, it’s never been used. Please don’t offer the include that is ‘the spontaneous generation’ of the bacterial flagella. Because evolution doesn’t require spontaneous generation.
http://www.aaas.org/spp....002.pdf
IDists in their many blogs often tout,” this would be a perfect application for the explanatory filter”, but they never get around to using it.
They do however use this Explanatory filter:
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/upload/2006/05/ef20.gif
Ask yourselves why:
http://www.pandasthumb.org/archives/2006/02/the_wisdom_of_p.html
Isn’t the poster child for IC and the main target for SC? It seems far more remarkable and unlikely that cute little flagellas. But it doesn’t nudge you along to the conclusion of a loving, Christian god…
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but it looks like there's a moderation queue? How novel, for an ID blog.
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