Saturday, April 02, 2005

The current pseudo-debate among scientists

As promised here are some links to the current discussion. This is a piece I read last semester that I had a little trouble tracking down. It is a lively debate between the leading proponents on either side of the issue. Each expert offers a mini-bibliography of important sources to read.

Intelligent Design? A Special Report from Natural History Magazine: "evolution: science and belief
Intelligent Design?
a special report reprinted from
Natural History magazine"

I saw one of these creation proponents, Michael J. Behe, speak at Boston College when he was on a book tour in 1998 or 1999. At that talk, he was relatively unsuccesful in his attempts to convince a room full of Catholic Priests that his argument is scientificly valid. You could tell that some of them wanted to believe, but just couldn't because the science was so weak.

Amazon.com: Books: DARWINS BLACK BOX: THE BIOCHEMICAL CHALLENGE TO EVOLUTION: "But he thinks that the essential randomness of this process can explain evolutionary development only at the macro level, not at the micro level of his expertise. Within the biochemistry of living cells, he argues, life is 'irreducibly complex.'"

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