tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11390444.post112738017869515160..comments2023-10-23T09:26:24.969-10:00Comments on The Questionable Authority®: Chutzpah, pure chutzpahTQAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510784510555073197noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11390444.post-1127873775275452572005-09-27T16:16:00.000-10:002005-09-27T16:16:00.000-10:00Hahahahahahahh!!!!!!!Up above I wrote "Luskin may ...Hahahahahahahh!!!!!!!<BR/><BR/>Up above I wrote "Luskin may still try to pass himself off as a scientist."<BR/><BR/>And lo and behold that's EXACTLY what he does!!!!!!<BR/><BR/>http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-27-2005/0004132403&EDATE=<BR/><BR/>"Most of Dr. Miller's testimony today against intelligent design was simply based upon a misrepresentation of theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11390444.post-1127497461991980932005-09-23T07:44:00.000-10:002005-09-23T07:44:00.000-10:00Eric,An extremely quick PubMed search (obviously t...Eric,<BR/>An extremely quick PubMed search (obviously terribly inaccurate) comes up with 22 papers including the word "evolution" by researchers named Steve. Extrapolating we get over two thousand. It would be great to see someone publish a similar list...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11390444.post-1127429919155967292005-09-22T12:58:00.000-10:002005-09-22T12:58:00.000-10:00Luskin is one of the most pathetic liars walking t...Luskin is one of the most pathetic liars walking the earth today. He wants to be a master obfuscator but, like so many fundamentalist tools, he can't help himself. He invariable stretches too far and makes himself look like a complete ass. <BR/><BR/>Remember that the guy took the California Bar Exam this summer and will soon be employed by the Discovery Institute or some other anti-science ID Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11390444.post-1127429471285793312005-09-22T12:51:00.000-10:002005-09-22T12:51:00.000-10:00I think it would be fun for a site, such as the NC...I think it would be fun for a site, such as the NCSE site, to publish a list of peer-reviewed papers by scientists who work in the biological sciences and who subscribe to the Theory of Evolution (perhaps a list of papers published in peer-reviewed journals by "the Steves"?) I'm guessing that such a list (restricted to the last five years) would run into the thousands of papers. I think it would Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11390444.post-1127425146351094682005-09-22T11:39:00.000-10:002005-09-22T11:39:00.000-10:00Denton, IIRC, isn't really ID. He's just trotted ...Denton, IIRC, isn't really ID. He's just trotted out by the ID people whenever they have to name someone who isn't also a creationist. That's why his article doesn't have anything to do with ID. It's really just a platitude: some physical properties of protein backbones (i.e. hydrogen bonding) are so chemically stable that they take precendence over the noise that can be created by numerous Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11390444.post-1127409688012885812005-09-22T07:21:00.000-10:002005-09-22T07:21:00.000-10:00Taking a closer look at what they've published:1. ...Taking a closer look at what they've published:<BR/><BR/>1. Meyer 2004 - It was pushed through the peer review process by outgoing editor Sternberg. Long story, read more about it at the Thumb.<BR/><BR/>2. Behe & Snoke 2004 - Michael Lynch (one of the leading researchers studying gene duplication) wrote a <A HREF="http://www.proteinscience.org/cgi/content/abstract/14/9/2217" REL="nofollow">replyRPMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00344508931818143159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11390444.post-1127408086624608942005-09-22T06:54:00.000-10:002005-09-22T06:54:00.000-10:00Besides the Luskin quote, I noted (at http://divin...Besides the Luskin quote, I noted (at http://divineafflatus.blogspot.com):<BR/><BR/>'Also laughable, Thomas More Law Center's Richard Thompson will have Michael Behe testify that "intelligent design is not a religious movement"--therefore must be defended in Dover by "The sword and Shield for People of Faith", which "specializes in cases related to the religious freedom of Christians."'Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07891989201161664914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11390444.post-1127400920963129062005-09-22T04:55:00.000-10:002005-09-22T04:55:00.000-10:00I read the article and it is obvious the Discovery...I read the article and it is obvious the Discovery Institute is specifically trying to avoid public debate with scientists!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com