--- Way back on August 12, Richard Tenney <retenney@yahoo.com> wrote:
Of greater concern to me however is the idea that, if we conclude that all this evolutionary science is
too improbable (statistically speaking) or unlikely abiogenisis), what are we to do about it -- drop the
whole thing and quit trying to puzzle it out? Quit looking? Stop thinking?
"Trillian," he said, "is this sort of thing going to happen every time we use the Improbability Drive?" "Very probably, I'm afraid," she said. - from Douglas Adams "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (1979). Richard, having finished reading enough to become reasonably educated on ID theory - I'm ready to bow out on this thread. I've enjoyed talking with you. I've written up some notes responding to your point titled "What is ID theory," based on a recent book - _Debating Design_ (2004). Because those comments are too long for the email format (I don't want to burden the entire list with sucking it through their home email account modems), I've spooled it to a web page - http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/Idtcomm.htm Happy reading. - Canopus56 Dembski, William A. (ed), Ruse, M. (ed.) 2004. Debating Design : From Darwin to DNA. Cambridge Univ. Press. P.S. to Joe B. I'm return the copy of _Debating Design_ that I've been reading to the SLC Library. If your're interested in writing about this issue in the future, it's good background reading. ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs