There is a very heated debate going on in America at the moment, as to whether or not “Intelligent Design”, aka Creationism, should be taught “alongside” evolution. The argument, so it goes, is that a balance should be given in teaching children an alternative.
The Guardian has a comment piece from Richard Dawkins and Jerry Coyne, arguing that one side can be wrong in the debate, and therefore doesn’t merit equal treatment as they demand.
As you might expect, I’m thoroughly in agreement with Richard Dawkins (see my review of his books). The arguments given for “Intelligent Design” almost always fail to provide a scientifically founded alternative that is open to study, and invariably are self-referential, superstitious nonsense.
Regardless of your take on this - I know a few readers disagree with me on this subject - it’s an excellent piece that continues to demonstrate that Richard Dawkins is an excellent, if occasionally provocative, writer and public figure and science spokesperson.
But what, I wonder, would the Flying Spaghetti Monster do?.
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September 1st, 2005 at 8:51 pm
I agree with you, Richard. The “Guardian” article was very cogent and utterly persuasive
September 1st, 2005 at 11:24 pm
In answer to the last question - ‘Stick to the wall’.
September 2nd, 2005 at 7:49 am
Richard, I was just about to email the URL of this article when I saw you had linked to it all ready.
Mainly, I felt that Dawkins and his creepy science chums are plain wrong, it is only common sense after all to belive this. I think that you can tell their unprovable theory is wrong because of the gaps between the lines in the article. What was between their lines before?@ God of course. But clearly Dawkins et al have expunged the creator from their hearts, AND THUS NOW THERE IS ONLY WHITE SPACE BETWEEN THE LINES IN THEIR ARTICLE THUS PROVING THAT EVOLUTION IS Bad Science AND The Flying Sphagetti Monster CREATED THE uNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING IMPORTANT IN IT LIKE BIG MACS, F16S, ANNA NICHOLE SMITH AND TWINKIES. How could all these great things possibly evolve? I don’t see how you can get from like slugs or something to these great products, without there being footsteps in the fossile record or what?
After all it is only common sense is it not, like the collapse in pirate numbers causing global warming. I’ve seen plenty of grafs that prove this.
Best Regards
Ben
PS: The Flying Spaghetti Monster made me write this.