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This site is a critique of the work of William Dembski, author of The Design Inference and Intelligent Design. Wesley Elsberry, a graduate student at Texas A&M Unviersity, created the site aiming it to be "a scholarly resource where the interested researcher can learn about not only William Dembski'

This site houses a very large number of archived articles and other works by William Dembski. The site has numerous articles related to the detection of design and answering objection to intelligent design theory, making it a good place to start if you want to learn about the theory of intelligent d

Creation-Evolution Stance: Young Earth Creationism. This site takes a while to load but has a huge volume of information about other creationist organizations, links, and literature.

Their science library contains links to articles by a myriad of authors including Behe, Johnson, Berlinksi, and Hugh Ross. Among many other resources, the site contains science articles and an archive of noteworthy quotes about origins.

Creation-Evolution Stance: Naturalism. This site has tons of "government" information about the creation evolution issue including Science and Creationism: A View from the NAS, 2nd Edition (1999).

This site is meant to provide links to people exploring the creation - evolution issue and "to gather both sides to a debate about creationism and evolution" so "both sides to learn of eachother and to argue against eachother" (sic).

William Dembski holds a PhD in Math and Philosophy as well as a having a Masters in Divinity and is the author of The Design Inference which Behe says, "constructs the formal logical arguments necessary for rigorous evaluation of design hypotheses." The site has info about his other books and links

Pictured above is the cover of Why Intelligent Design Fails, edited by Matt Young and Taner Edis. Updates: To Gary Hurd's credit, he has issued a statement of errata regarding these errors at http://www.pandasthumb.org/archives/2005/08/widf_appendix_e.html. Also, please be sure to

The IDEA Center lending library is a collection of resources, related to intelligent design and the creation - evolution issue, that are available for free loan to IDEA Clubs. The items in the library belong to individuals who are affiliated with the IDEA Center, and they are willing to make their o

Putting out fires from PandasThumb.org appears to be my hobby these last few days, and I'm beginning to get behind in other things, including responses to PandasThumb.org! Hopefully I can take care of this one quickly: 1. Calling the IDEA Center a "ministry." At http://www.pandasthumb.org/pt

In 1999, Casey founded the original IDEA Club at UC San Diego with a few friends and helped run the club for a few years while an undergraduate and graduate student at UCSD. Casey helped to co-found the IDEA Center with some other IDEA Club members.   Casey has a B.S. (2000) and M. S. (2

In 1999, Casey founded the original IDEA Club at UC San Diego with a few friends and helped run the club for a few years while an undergraduate and graduate student at UCSD. Casey helped to co-found the IDEA Center with some other IDEA Club members.   Casey has a B.S. (2000) and M. S. (2

Pictured above is the cover of The Case for a Creator by Lee Strobel. Is the case for evolution clearly a shut case? Are all the basic aspects of evolutionary theory known to be correct? Can the entire universe be explained simply in terms of matter and energy? Do science and religion co

FAQ 7: "Is evolution education important?" 7a. "Yes. The National Association of Biology Teaches [sic] and the National Science Teachers Association agree that evolution is crucial to science education." 7b. "Efforts to undermine evolution education, such as the Dover Area School Board’s

FAQ 3: "Where did intelligent design come from?" 3a. "The term 'intelligent design' was popularized in Of Pandas and People, the very textbook that was adopted for use in the Dover Area schools." 3b. "Intelligent design and Of Pandas [sic] emerged in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decis

08:56 AM 5/17/2005 =============== Dr. Scott, I'm Salvador Cordova, and I was featured in the April 28, 2005 ariticle in Nature. Our IDEA chapters have been exploring getting ID into the universities.  Though I'm well aware of NCSE's position regarding ID in

A. How does the theory of evolution work? Charles Darwin hypothesized his theory of evolution in 1859 in The Origin of Species. Random mutations cause changes, or variation, in a population of organisms. These different organisms then compete to survive and reproduce. Those which

Dr. William A. DembskiPhoto © László BenczeThis interview was originally conducted in two parts by IDEA Center staffer, Mario A. Lopez, with collaboration from Eduardo Arroyo Pardo for the Pro-ID Spanish website, Organizacion Internacional para el Avance Cientifico del Diseno Inteligente (OIACDI) (f

Newsweek recently wrote an article (also reprinted on the Discovery Institute's website) on Intelligent Design. There are two responses below, one a very short response, while the other is a rather detailed response. SHORT VERSION: Dear Editor: In the article entitled Doubting Darwin (

On May 8, 2003, Nature published an article, "The Evolutionary Origin of Complex Features" (by Richard E. Lenski, Charles Ofria, Robert T. Pennock, and Christoph Adami, Nature, 423:139-144; herein the "Lenski article," or "Lenski paper"), which uses computer simulations of evolution via a program c

FAQ 5: "Is evolution anti-religious?" 5a. "No. Many mainstream religions and denominations - including the Catholic Church and the Presbyterian Church USA - accept the scientific theory of evolution as consistent with belief in God as the ultimate Creator." 5b. "Many evolutionary biologi

FAQ 2: "How is intelligent design like and unlike traditional creationism?" 2a. "Like creationism, intelligent design consists of both scientifically unwarranted criticisms of evolution and assertions that it is necessary to invoke the actions of a supernatural being to explain the origin

Dennis Wagner is executive director of the Access Research Network (ARN), a non-profit organization dedicated to providing accessible information on science, technology and society issues from an intelligent design perspective. ARN is one of the best internet sites to gather information, news, and a

On November 27, 2004, Dr. Eugenie Scott (National Center for Science Education) and Dr. John West (Discovery Institute) faced off on Fox News discussing whether or not intelligent design should be taught in Dover, Pennsylvania. The IDEA Center is pleased to see Fox News covering this issue. Anyone

For more comprehensive yet concise response to the Kitzmiller decision, coauthored by the author of this page, check out Traipsing Into Evolution by David DeWolf, John G. West, Casey Luskin, and Jonathan Witt. Version 2.0, last updated March 20, 2006 Introduction: This is a response to

Nano-machines in 'simple' bacteria?: Should one be that surprised to hear that there are nano-machines even in some of the simplest organisms - bacteria? A recent article in the May 2005 edition of the journal Structure discusses the rotary clock found in cyanobacteria (see Jimin Wang, “Recent C

Click here for a reproducible PDF of this article. Intelligent design -- often called "ID" -- is a scientific theory that holds that the emergence of some features of the universe and living things is best explained by an intelligent cause rather than an undirected process such as natural selecti

Intro: Recently some comments were made by Nick Matzke and someone named "Steve U." at Pandasthumb. These are some responses to their comments about me. Question 1: Why do I choose not to participate at Pandasthumb? I started the IDEA Club at UCSD with the desire to build bridges betwe

FAQ 1: "What is the concept of 'intelligent design'?" 1a. "'Intelligent design' purports to be a scientific hypothesis that 'life owes its origins to a master intellect' - an intelligent, supernatural designer." 1b. "In reality, it is an inherently religious argument or assertion made

FAQ 6: "Is evolution 'just' a theory?" 6a. "No. Calling evolution a theory, not a fact, as in the Dover policy, exploits the common definition of 'theory' as a hunch or a guess." 6b. "In science, however, a theory is a systematic explanation of phenomena. The National Academy of Sciences

FAQ 4: "Is intelligent design a credible scientific theory?" 4a. "No. There has been no original research published in scientific journals providing evidence for intelligent design, nor does intelligent design provide testable explanations." 4b. "The American Association for the Advancem

Can Science Prove the Existence of God? A recent New York Times article, "Can Science Prove the Existence of God?," has discussed the fine-tuning of the universe as a possible argument for the existence of God. The article noted that, "Almost any book or conference on science and religion

A response to "Who's the real fraud?" * (forerunner of "Icon of Obfuscation") by Nic Tamzek, a rebuttal to Jonathan Wells' book Icons of Evolution (see www.iconsofevolution.org), as distributed by dissenters attending Jonathan Wells' lecture at UC San Diego on January 29th, 2002. Introduction

Copyright © 2016. Version 1.0. Permission Granted to Reproduce for Educational Purposes   Click here for a printable PDF of this article.   What is Intelligent Design? Intelligent design—often called “ID”—is a scientific theory that holds that the emergence of some features of the uni

Welcome to our Human Origins quote collection. Many of the quotes in our collections have been verified for accuracy, but not all have been verified. Thus, we present our quote-collections as a starting point for research, and suggest you verify any individual quote before using it. If you have inf

Pictured above is the cover of Tower of Babel by Robert T. Pennock. ‘And where might you come from, my fine lad?’ said Mr. Enlightenment. ‘From Puritania, sir,’ said John…. ‘Puritania! Why, I suppose you have been brought up to be afraid of the Landlord.’ ‘Well, I must admit I sometim

Quick Quote "When we replace the traditional idea of God the creator with the idea of the process of natural selection doing the creating, the creation is as wonderful as it ever was. All that great design work had to be done. It just wasn’t done by an individual, it was done by this huge process

Introduction: The famous philosopher of science Karl Popper wrote that all scientific theories must be falsifiable. In order for a theory to be held tentatively and have an empirical basis, Popper argued that it must be subject to falsification and it must be able to be subjected to meaningful tes

Introduction On February 12, 2004, San Diego Union Tribune columnist James O. Goldsborough wrote an opinion article entitled "Another attempt to deny evolution." Dozens of news or opinion (or opinionated news) articles have been written nationwide regarding intelligent design over the pa

Some Scientists Won't Acknowledge Religion: In a recent book review in Nature"A healthy draught of scepticism," criticized those who believe in supernatural events. The review author, Walter Gratzer, said that those who believe in various supernatural beings or reject that humans are des

Welcome to our General Evolution of Life quote collection. Many of the quotes in our collections have been verified for accuracy, but not all have been verified. Thus, we present our quote-collections as a starting point for research, and suggest you verify any individual quote before using it. If

Welcome to our Origin and Complexity of Life collection (a collection of introductory quotes of interest to those starting off in the debate, as well as gurus looking to back up basic claims). Many of the quotes in our collections have been verified for accuracy, but not all have been verified. Thus