Category Archives: Intelligent Design

NPR’s “All Things Considered” Covers the Creation Museum

Posted on May 28, 2007 by ajeffri

“All Things Considered” covered the Creation Museum today. The page will eventually include audio from the story. All in all, I thought it was a properly balanced view of the Museum and the anti-education, anti-science views it represents.

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The Anti-Creation Museum Carnival

Posted on May 27, 2007 by ajeffri

P.Z. Myers at Pharyngula is hosting the anti-Creation Museum carnival. Ken Ham’s Creation Musuem (I won’t give them link love) opens tomorrow. I’ve been too depressed about the whole thing to really comment on it, but at least you know … Continue reading →

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Peace Vigil and a Movie, May 23rd, 2007

Posted on May 22, 2007 by ajeffri

The Peace Vigil will be held at the corner of Welch and Lincoln Way at 5:30 PM Wednesday. There will also be a movie screening at the Ames Public Library. “Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal and the Fight for Coalfield Justice” … Continue reading →

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Gonzalez Denied Tenure

Posted on May 12, 2007 by ajeffri

Guillermo Gonzalez has been denied tenure at ISU. This is a good thing. You may remember that Gonzalez is the ISU creationist professor who is also a fellow at the Discovery Institute. Hopefully, this will help ISU be known more … Continue reading →

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Discovery Institute’s Nasty Background and Legacy

Posted on May 3, 2007 by ajeffri

The Discovery Institute (I won’t link to them because I don’t want to give them any Google-love) is switching to a new strategy after their resounding defeat in Dover: they are now linking evolution to eugenics and Hitler. This is … Continue reading →

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48% of Americans Reject Evolution

Posted on March 31, 2007 by ajeffri

Well, at least according to this Newsweek poll, for whatever it’s worth. The same poll also says that 91% of Americans believe in God. To me, it’s like believing in Santa Claus. I guess I picked a bad time to … Continue reading →

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Discussion at the Memorial Union: The Poverty of Intelligent Design

Posted on March 23, 2007 by ajeffri

This will take place Monday, March 26th at 7 PM in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union at Iowa State University. Per the event announcement: “Sahotra Sarkar is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas, Austin, specializing … Continue reading →

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