(2/2) Discovery Institute: Let the TRUTH Be Told

The Discovery Institute is the primary think-tank for the Intelligent Design movement. What can we determine about this organization based on its funding, personnel, and research record?

By popular request, here is the link to the Panda's Thumb article by Daniel Brooks on the Wistar Retrospective Symposium:
http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2008/02/id-intelligent.html

The Wedge Document:
http://www.antievolution.org/features/wedge.html
http://www.antievolution.org/features/wedge.pdf

More about the Biologic Insitute:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biologic_Institute

For more about the Discovery Institute:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_Institute
http://www.discovery.org/

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[finderfinder100]

How exactly do you test ID in the Lab? Do they pray at Petri dishes and see what happens?

[C0nc0rdance]

@finderfinder100

In what I think is rather blatant evidence that even the Discovery Institute don't buy into their claims, they focus all their "research" efforts on producing evidence that could cast doubt on existing understanding of evolution. There's no scientific way to demonstrate magical forces, so they try to imply magic by implying gaps in our knowledge. It's really as sad as it sounds.

[sotrder]

You must be very proud of your commitment to defend your Darwinian beliefs.

[C0nc0rdance]

Please see my latest video for why evolution is important to me, and to all modern research biologists. It works. I use it every day in my efforts to reduce suffering and prevent disease.

This is not, and never has been, between religious belief and evolution. It is between science and anti-science. The Discovery Institute is a handful of scriptural fundamentalists attempting to subvert the US Constitution by rebranding their particular dogma as 'science'.

EVERYONE should stand up to that.

[VoteNixon2008]

the thing i've never gotten is how people like dumbski and meyer say that we don't know the source of information ion biological systems. Well we witness various insertions and duplcations all the time.

And dembski's own definition of information is "a choice among possibilities" (from what i've heard)

Well that's what selection is, it's a choice among possibilities in a population.

[C0nc0rdance]

I admit I'm a bit confused by that too. Gene duplication and drift account for gene families.

They use symbolic logic for most of their argument that I am unfamiliar with. I much prefer experimental evidence and testing, and we know that natural forces are quite capable of design optimization.

Dembski gives me a headache if I listen to him for too long. His modus is self-contradiction alternating with obfuscation.

[C0nc0rdance]

Hmmm...

Communism = state owned resources

Evolution = allelic change over time

Ah! It's so obvious now, the connection!

[finderfinder100]

@bushiyo2 I don't think was drunk but it was a month go so its hard to say :-)

[finderfinder100]

@bushiyo2 I don't think was drunk but it was a month go so its hard to say :-0

[bushiyo2]

@finderfinder100 Heh, were you drunk when you typed that? :P

[finderfinder100]

@C0nc0rdance It is sad that when science doesn't agree with your religion that you will actively work to disprove it. I just can't understand how weak your faith must be that you can't at least fold your understanding of science in to your world view. Its seem the DI does very little to truly to move humanity forward but its hard when you work on actively disproving evolution. I myself has always found the world more beautiful when i have some understanding of how it works.

[dishonesttAbe]

Great video C0ncordance. I especially enjoyed the ending.

[sinistar99]

@C0nc0rdance Clearly global warming research makes baby Jesus cry too! come on get with the program!

[NevilleRhysBarnes]

@levonet33 Every heard of Lysenko? Look him up.