http://talkdesign.org/cs/taxonomy/term/14/all en http://talkdesign.org/cs/pt_reviews_pigdid <p>A number of the contributors to the <a href="http://pandsthumb.org">Panda's Thumb</a> weblog review chapters from "intelligent design" advocate Jonathan Wells's 2006 book, <i>The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design</i>. The book proved to be a farrago of quote mines, <a href="/cs/icon_of_obfuscation">obfuscation</a>, misleading rhetoric, and just plain false claims.</p> http://talkdesign.org/cs/pt_reviews_pigdid#comment Books Dissecting the Rhetoric Icons Wells, Jonathan Wed, 30 Aug 2006 01:39:57 -0500 admin 28 at http://talkdesign.org/cs http://talkdesign.org/cs/syn_stormtroopers <p>Wesley R. Elsberry and Mark Perakh examine the invidious comparisons made by "intelligent design" advocates where they liken evolutionary biologists to Soviet and Nazi leaders. In particular, the bizarre misuse by ID advocates of the example of Trofim D. Lysenko, pseudoscientist extraordinaire, is examined.</p> <p>Read the <a href="http://www.talkdesign.org/faqs/eandp.pdf">full article in PDF (off-site)</a>.</p> http://talkdesign.org/cs/syn_stormtroopers#comment Dembski, William A. Dissecting the Rhetoric Wells, Jonathan Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:55:04 -0500 admin 9 at http://talkdesign.org/cs http://talkdesign.org/cs/moonshine <p>Matt Young takes up the criticisms that "intelligent design" advocates make about peppered moths and the studies showing that natural selection acted on their populations. The peppered moth example is still an excellent example of natural selection in action.</p> <p><a href="http://talkdesign.org/cs/moonshine">read more</a></p> http://talkdesign.org/cs/moonshine#comment Icons Wells, Jonathan Sun, 27 Aug 2006 14:19:36 -0500 admin 3 at http://talkdesign.org/cs