Darwin Series; Judge John E. Jones III

Series: Year of Darwin
Location: Strosacker Auditorium
Date: September 25, 2008

Judge Jones is the federal judge who presided in the controversial trial pertaining to the teaching of intelligent design in Dover, PA. Hosted by the School of Law.

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Education

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[ilikezappa]

ID as an alternative to education ( nice one prof ! )

[xXshinzoXx]

A true inspiration of a man.

I'm glad he weighted his decision on this matter not because of his beliefs, but because of the evidence (or the lack of it in ID's case) on the Dover trial, as this was the pillar that withstood the brutal attacks enforced by religious biggots.

[reanimated6]

The horror christians bring upon the world never cease to amaze me.

[Nevangelus]

Death threats from Christian? surely not, you jest me, good sir ;)

[muhammadzahmad]

this is worth watching...

[thegreeensky]

nice video.. interesting...

[TAz69x]

Stupid people shouldn't have a say in educational policies.

[darwinkilledgod]

I met this man at the annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society. A few speakers at the conference took some cheap shots about "racist" Republicans. I was ashamed.

[imrich6]

A highly educational and informative lecture! Thanks very much for posting this video.

[bingofingers]

@sloanishy It may be the case that you can't ascertain given numbers alone the range of expertise on either side of a debate which is why I said I was making no more than a guess. However there is plenty of sociological data that would make somebody who endorsed creationist thinking over scientific theory as being less likely to have stayed on in higher education so it reasonable to assume that more people liking this video on a university site as being as self selecting academics.

[bingofingers]

@sloanishy It may be the case that you can't ascertain given numbers alone the range of expertise on either side of a debate which is why I said I was making no more than a guess. However there is plenty of sociological data that would make somebody who endorsed creationist thinking over scientific theory as being less likely to have stayed on in higher education so it reasonable to assume that more people liking this video on a university site as being as self selecting academic.

[sloanishy]

@bingofingers, if the audience is self selecting in these types of issues, its hard then to determine the side which is in the majority with the weight of numbers and the side which is in the minority claiming the weight of the most "educated" experts. Or as it seems in this issue, who has the majority of the most educated experts' agreement. And in such case, John Jones is in line with the norm, the establishment, the position with positive reinforcement.