The UC San Diego’s The Guardian has a good article on the Intelligent Design movement / controversy.
Intelligent design assumes that the world is so complex, that it is so statistically unlikely for humans to have formed, that God or some other higher power must have designed it. Even assuming that the two ideas are equally valid explanations of the world, evolution does not require the additional belief, a massive leap of faith, in a mystical higher power in its explanation. However, intelligent design suffers from an utter lack of positive evidence in its favor and thus is as valid of a scientific theory as the notion that a Flying Spaghetti Monster, the subject of a well-known satire of intelligent design, created the world.
Link to the article.
First post!
Well, true, only our spaghetti monster exists! ;-)
I find that religiously offensive!
:P
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Finally a new thread, say goodbye to lag!
Pixel is back.
RAmen
Hi Pixel :)
Woohoo – new thread to pollute.
RAmen to that my man :)
Hey! THAT’S WHERE I WENT TO SCHOOL!! I’m glad my alma mater has been touched by His Noodly Appendage!
The Guardian is the student-run newspaper, by the way.
How could they, we should sue them.
Comparing the holy FSM to a myth like ID.
@ Wench Beth – very cool!
@ Pixel Pop – glad to see you here. I was going to ask someone to tell you it was time to come out and play!! :)
@ Alchemist – “woo hoo – a new thread” was also my first thought. I didn’t get as far as the pollute part, but I like it!
Gotta run – time to eat and then head to my martial arts class. Lesson night tonight – I’d better focus and pay attention! Although when a 10th degree black belt tells you to pay attention, it’s easier to focus!! :)
Whoo, Rowdy Wench, you do martial arts, too?! Awesome! What a great skill to have on a pirate ship! You know (theoretical scenario), you lose your cutlass so you just lay your enemy down with your own two hands!