tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.comments2023-09-16T09:31:23.577-04:00Please be patient, I am evolving as fast as I can!Ted Herrlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03194189686075222808noreply@blogger.comBlogger537125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-63078419990026824582021-10-31T11:48:45.923-04:002021-10-31T11:48:45.923-04:00Great reading yourr blog postGreat reading yourr blog postTessa Dhttps://www.tessadudley.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-63815086625109860182019-04-06T17:42:12.241-04:002019-04-06T17:42:12.241-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.cody dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00327796051935894121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-20876446666584138272019-04-06T17:41:47.308-04:002019-04-06T17:41:47.308-04:00hihiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-23276197811573675932018-08-21T23:41:34.489-04:002018-08-21T23:41:34.489-04:00Not quite sure what you are getting at. Are you c...Not quite sure what you are getting at. Are you claiming my blog as an anti-supernatural confirmation bias? Well, if you are serious about that, then you must be placing the Discovery Institute within the realm of the Supernatural. That right there proves my point. If you are claiming the DI has such a bias, I'm not sure you can make that case. Care to elaborate?Ted Herrlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03194189686075222808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-39471744375427395972018-07-02T04:41:41.655-04:002018-07-02T04:41:41.655-04:00No anti-supernatural confirmation bias here eh? ...No anti-supernatural confirmation bias here eh? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17670536544504240444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-26248653209412952902018-03-06T14:01:42.849-05:002018-03-06T14:01:42.849-05:00"...they never, ever let people comment on it..."...they never, ever let people comment on it."<br />Unlike Uncommon Descent, where they allow comments but block you if they don't like what you have to say.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14737575197659612557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-39106070364826727002018-03-05T11:04:08.215-05:002018-03-05T11:04:08.215-05:00Great catch, one I missed as well. I guess I just...Great catch, one I missed as well. I guess I just got used to thinking of it as a pseudo-blog (because they never allow comments or even the possibility of a dissenting opinion. Personally, I don't expect any substantive changes, after all it was just a place for DI approved folks to pat themselves on the back. There will be just as much science as the under the old moniker (which is none at all). Even if they did allow comments, they would be heavily moderated to ensure only things they agree with would get through. So like most things they do, change the name and follow the same formula. Thanks Matthew!Ted Herrlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03194189686075222808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-20884183608391860632018-03-05T10:17:16.930-05:002018-03-05T10:17:16.930-05:00Another change that happened without fanfare (or i...Another change that happened without fanfare (or if there was fanfare, I missed it) was the DI's website Evolution News & Views changing to Evolution News & Science Today. Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14737575197659612557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-27082309934965657092018-02-13T14:03:13.285-05:002018-02-13T14:03:13.285-05:00To the first comment, I disagree that repeating wh...To the first comment, I disagree that repeating what the Discovery Institute says about GB is a good way of convincing anyone he should be 'notable' enough for Wikipedia and Britannica. Rather than present all the reasons how GB meets the notability criteria, they simple repeat over and over again that he is a distinguished paleontologist. What, does that mean his hair is graying at the temples? His work should stand on its own and it doesn't seem to do that. Does he have accomplishments? Yes, does he have notable accomplishments according to Wikipedia's standards? No. Read the second comment for a taste of those standards. <br /><br />I will repeat something from a couple of other posts: If this was an effort in censorship, then no one at the Discovery Institute would have a Wikipedia page -- and yet most of the Fellows and senior fellows do. Some people, like Casey Luskin (former PR flack for the DI) doesn't have one and he's published as much as Bechly. David Klinghoffer, a frequent mouthpiece for the DI, has one, and he's published nothing scientific (5 religious books). So, as a scientist Bechly doesn't yet meet to standards. Perhaps if someone edited a page presenting him as an IN aficionado, maybe that would work.Ted Herrlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03194189686075222808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-14893381605131332112018-02-13T09:16:22.872-05:002018-02-13T09:16:22.872-05:00You say " . . . a scientist of Bechly's i...You say " . . . a scientist of Bechly's impressive credentials . . .", Are his credentials really that impressive? What has distinguished him from other researchers? According to Wikipedia, their Notability standards include:<br />1. The person's research has had a significant impact in their scholarly discipline, broadly construed, as demonstrated by independent reliable sources.<br />2. The person has received a highly prestigious academic award or honor at a national or international level.<br />3. The person is or has been an elected member of a highly selective and prestigious scholarly society or association (e.g., a National Academy of Sciences or the Royal Society) or a fellow of a major scholarly society which reserves fellow status as a highly selective honor (e.g., Fellow of the IEEE).[2]<br />4. The person's academic work has made a significant impact in the area of higher education, affecting a substantial number of academic institutions.<br />5. The person holds or has held a named chair appointment or distinguished professor appointment at a major institution of higher education and research (or an equivalent position in countries where named chairs are uncommon).<br />6. The person has held a highest-level elected or appointed administrative post at a major academic institution or major academic society.<br />7. The person has had a substantial impact outside academia in their academic capacity.<br />8. The person is or has been the head or chief editor of a major, well-established academic journal in their subject area.<br /><br />Does Bechly meet those any of those criteria? Certainly doesn't look like it. The only thing that Bechly seems to have done to merit any notability is discovering religion and converting to an Intelligent Design proponent. Maybe he should have a Wikipedia entry because of that, but his science background doesn't look all that "impressive".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-23083171636682164232018-02-12T22:47:41.918-05:002018-02-12T22:47:41.918-05:00The removal of Günter Bechly's Wikipedia entry...The removal of Günter Bechly's Wikipedia entry is evidence enough of Wikipedia's censorship against intelligent design scientists.<br /><br />"Günter Bechly is a distinguished paleontologist, specializing in fossil dragonflies, exquisitely preserved in amber for tens of millions of years. After revealing his support for the theory of intelligent design, he was pushed out as a curator at the State Museum of Natural History in Stuttgart, Germany. He subsequently joined Discovery Institute’s Center for Science & Culture as a Senior Fellow. Now we learn that our colleague has suffered another act of censorship: he has been erased from Wikipedia, ostensibly for not being “notable” enough.<br /><br />Prior to disappearing, his Wikipedia entry dispassionately recounted his education, employment, and accomplishments, including an impressive scientific publications list and a variety of species and taxa named for him. It devoted a short paragraph to his “Support for Intelligent Design.” The case for erasing him seems to have been carried by three individuals.”<br /><br />https://evolutionnews.org/2017/10/wikipedia-erases-paleontologist-gunter-bechly/<br /><br />If a scientist of Bechly's impressive credentials, including having several species named after him, can be removed from the site for not being "notable" enough, the clear reason for this biased behaviour towards him should be entirely obvious to anyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-73839093776802884752017-11-10T22:32:55.150-05:002017-11-10T22:32:55.150-05:00ALL religions are based on myth. I don't know ...ALL religions are based on myth. I don't know if you ever read anything by the late Joseph Campbell. He was a scholar of myths. He said, and I'll just keep this short, that when you use myth as fact, scientific, historic, or truth in any way, you destroy the myth. If you'd be OK I can give you the full quote that I have said for many years.Kronkats Kornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356981317059108859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-5131208519672496822017-11-09T08:57:35.293-05:002017-11-09T08:57:35.293-05:00I absolutely agree with your final paragraph sir. ...I absolutely agree with your final paragraph sir. THE purpose of life is to produce offspring. You are most fortunate in that you have children AND grandchildren. <br />I have neither, but that is just the way my own life turned out. I don't miss it as you cannot miss what you never had. <br />Joseph Campbell, the late mythologist, who was also a wonderful story teller said that the ONLY sin was not liking yourself. Of course he also said, quite correctly, that life feeds on life. Of course it does, humans and many other animals kill other critters to stay alive. When you pick fruits and vegetables, you kill them. Life does feed on life. Wonder how many xtians will admit to that truth?<br />OK, I'll now go back to my own Korner and stay quiet.<br />Oh, one last thing. What have these xtians given the world? The crusades and the Inquisition are the big two in my sarcastic opinion. They also made the RCC very wealthy. Hmmm, I remember something in that holly buy-bull about NOT storing up riches in this life......ah, but that cannot apply to the churches can it?<br />We must realize the the priests of doG (regardless what religion they push) need to be fed, housed, and taken care of, after all, we must never expect them to hold real, useful jobs.Kronkats Kornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356981317059108859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-64362264745611373272017-10-23T16:03:38.341-04:002017-10-23T16:03:38.341-04:00As would I!As would I!Ted Herrlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03194189686075222808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-4919043228196743352017-10-20T22:24:37.290-04:002017-10-20T22:24:37.290-04:00I only did four years in the Marines, but I'd ...I only did four years in the Marines, but I'd be honored to shake the hand of that Navy vet.Kronkats Kornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356981317059108859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-29794182187081288762017-10-10T23:27:04.813-04:002017-10-10T23:27:04.813-04:00Absolutely, it WAS a PR stunt. Yes, it was a plann...Absolutely, it WAS a PR stunt. Yes, it was a planned PR stunt.<br />Oh, you mention ethics and politicians/elected officials in the very same sentence! Oh NO! Not here, not in the US of A, or as I have called it since W. Shrub and Mr. 5 deferments invaded Afghanistan and Iraq---'Merikkka. Oh, FYI, I served four years honorable service in the US Marines and did a 13 month tour in the damn fool Vietnam war. I detest hearing that bloody song before every sporting event in this country. I bet they even play it before the kindergarten sandbox championship. The flag? It is just a piece of colored cloth. Oh, proper flag etiquette says one must NEVER use the flag as any part of any clothing or sports uniform. The flag should never be carried flat. It should only be carried on a pole or flown from a fixed pole. So, where do the supporters of trump get off wearing all those flag type clothes and even cowboy boots with a US flag motif? Some "respect" they show.<br />Oh, and Pence is an even bigger waste of space than tRump is. Pence is a full blown (or is that full frontal?) fundamentalist xtian.<br />Yes, this old, broken down former combat vet is pissed at these hypocrites who wave the bloody flag, but have never worn a US military uniform, let alone ever been to war or seen combat up close and all too personal.Kronkats Kornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356981317059108859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-25757686063241142702017-10-09T15:16:48.201-04:002017-10-09T15:16:48.201-04:00Don't you just love spellcheck. It's not ...Don't you just love spellcheck. It's not so bad on the computer where it just highlights words it thinks are misspelled, but the damn phone auto-corrects, even when you don't want it too. As to the topic, maybe every religious organization should have to have a unique name and no denomination at all. After all, there are hundreds of Christian denominations all claiming that the other ones aren't 'real Christians'. <br />Ted Herrlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03194189686075222808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-35888449278585227022017-10-07T16:09:31.920-04:002017-10-07T16:09:31.920-04:00The comment should read the writer would say membe...The comment should read the writer would say members of the clergy project re not "true xtians" Not rue stain. Not sure how that got posted, maybe spell check?Kronkats Kornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356981317059108859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-3353136718018159432017-10-06T22:16:17.090-04:002017-10-06T22:16:17.090-04:00I bet the writer of that mess would say that every...I bet the writer of that mess would say that every member of the clergy project is NOT a "true stain". Yes, a variation on the old, very tired "No true Scotsman" trope. <br />But, of course I'm just an old. broken down cynical/sarcastic guy.Kronkats Kornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356981317059108859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-56023320740565012292017-10-05T09:06:07.421-04:002017-10-05T09:06:07.421-04:00I agree, just watch John Oliver's show on HBO....I agree, just watch John Oliver's show on HBO. His reporting and fact-checking leave many regular news sources in the dust. Ted Herrlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03194189686075222808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-3560982734593142782017-10-04T23:36:55.625-04:002017-10-04T23:36:55.625-04:00One story I read on the Lost Wages killings (oh, t...One story I read on the Lost Wages killings (oh, that is actually Las Vegas to most folks) was at the satire/spoof news site "The Onion". The title of that article was; "No way to prevent this" says only nation where this regularly happens. Not sure if that story is still up on the site. If you did see it and clicked on it, it took you to more mass USA killings, like the one not long ago in San Bernardino, CA, one in Oregon. They could have added so many more, the school killings in Connecticut, the movie theater one in Colorado, oh and Columbine.<br />Sometimes a satire site gets it better said than what are supposed to be real news channels/sites/papers/etc.. Just my opinion, others will vary.davidambrose66https://www.blogger.com/profile/12918127340646577277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-3572992955945519952017-10-01T17:01:51.566-04:002017-10-01T17:01:51.566-04:00"Behe had to redefine science to claim his id..."Behe had to redefine science to claim his ideas are scientific."<br />Exactly right. An exchange I imagine Dr. Behe would like to forget:<br />Q And using your definition, intelligent design is a scientific theory, correct?<br />A Yes.<br />Q Under that same definition astrology is a scientific theory under your definition, correct?<br />A Under my definition, a scientific theory is a proposed explanation which focuses or points to physical, observable data and logical inferences. There are many things throughout the history of science which we now think to be incorrect which nonetheless would fit that -- which would fit that definition. <b>Yes, astrology is in fact one</b>, and so is the ether theory of the propagation of light, and many other -- many other theories as well.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14737575197659612557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-58606717489035450852017-09-28T16:53:12.509-04:002017-09-28T16:53:12.509-04:00Maybe it is just me being nearly 70 years old and ...Maybe it is just me being nearly 70 years old and getting ever more sarcastic and cynical, but I'd have to say that lil' klingy is trying to weasel his way into being 'persecuted'. He and his ilk (I really enjoy using that word when it fits) want to be treated as science types. The big problem for them is, they do NOTHING at all even remotely close to actual science. They have as many 'theories' as do the Ancient Astronaut clowns on the terrible "History Channel". In other words, kilngy, the DI, ICR, and ol' Hambo have NO theories at all. They DO have plenty of speculation however.<br />I just watched Joseph Campbell on my Roku a couple days ago. The Acorn channel has a "summer school" series and one of his talks on myths is part of that series. I remember when PBS in LosAngeles did a series of his lectures and later the same PBS station did a short series of talks with Joe and Moyers.<br />Myths are interesting and they can inform us about what our ancestors thought, but they are NOT historic, nor science. I have a quote by Campbell somewhere here where he says, basically, when you take myth as fact, actual history, or some such, you destroy the myth. <br />Lil' Klingy and his ilk are hung up on an ancient Near Eastern myth. What is even sadder, if possible, the myth they cling to so tightly s NOT an original one. The Hebrews plagiarized other, much older myths, probably during their time as captives in Babylon. Just my $0.02 worth, now, adjusted for inflation worth maybe $0.000137528.<br />Sorry to be so long winded, but I am getting tired of religion trying to weasel its way into science<br />Oh, one last quote I found on the net; myth is a religion that no longer has any political power. Ah, may the day come very soon when the xtian myth has zero political power in the (not so very) old US of A. davidambrose66https://www.blogger.com/profile/12918127340646577277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-33565304956284616842017-09-19T08:58:28.816-04:002017-09-19T08:58:28.816-04:00Nice reminder, thanks. I hadn't heard that so...Nice reminder, thanks. I hadn't heard that song in a long time.Ted Herrlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03194189686075222808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506870823292198189.post-12646003416432126922017-09-19T01:07:46.042-04:002017-09-19T01:07:46.042-04:00I never had many dealings with any chaplains as a ...I never had many dealings with any chaplains as a Marine, not even when in Vietnam.<br />I think this one should be forced to listen to the long version of "Sky Pilot" by Eric Burden and the Animals for days on end. No, I do not think it would be torture, just deserts perhaps, but not really torture. davidambrose66https://www.blogger.com/profile/12918127340646577277noreply@blogger.com