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Author Topic:   Any good books against ID?
Zhimbo
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Message 16 of 38 (12196)
06-26-2002 2:36 AM
Reply to: Message 15 by Tranquility Base
06-26-2002 2:18 AM


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Originally posted by Tranquility Base:
Andya, I'm currently reading Behe and all he talks about is common sense so just look for books that violate common sense and you've found it.
06-26-2002

Unfortunately we're talking time scales and proabilities well outside the ranges where "common sense" has any reliability. Cognitive psych courses will teach that in one way, Dawkins' The Blind Watchmaker will teach you that in another way.
Pennock's Tower of Babel is the only book I know specifically aimed at ID.
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Zhimbo
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Message 34 of 38 (12687)
07-03-2002 6:57 PM
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06-26-2002 2:41 AM


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^ Well if you want to believe that time is the answer for the origin of Ecoli's hundreds of metabolic pathways, the human immune system or bat echo location then each to his own faith. Behe of course points out the folly of that stand.
I didn't say time was "the answer". I said common sense is unreliable in these circumstances.

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