Defending Science by Defining It
by Angry White LiberalThe opinion written by Judge John E. Jones III in the Dover evolution trial is a two-in-one document that offers both philosophical and practical arguments against “intelligent design” likely to be useful to far more than a school board in a small Pennsylvania town.
Jones gives a clear definition of science, and recounts how this vaunted mode of inquiry has evolved over the centuries. He describes how scientists go about the task of supporting or challenging ideas about the world of the senses — all that can be observed and measured. And he reaches the unwavering conclusion that intelligent design is a religious idea, not a scientific one.
His opinion is a passionate paean to science. But it is also a strategic defense of Darwinian theory.
When evolution’s defenders find themselves tongue-tied and seemingly bested by neo-creationists — when they believe they have the facts on their side but do not know where to find them — this 139-page document may be the thing they turn to.
Click here for link.
Here’s another article about the decision….
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/20/AR2005122000532.html?nav=most_emailed
…And here’s an article which details the defiance of the so-called “Intelligent Deseign” backers.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/21/AR2005122101959.html
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