On a dark and dreary evening about a year and two weeks ago, the spawn of Satan EvolutionEngineered was born! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!
All kidding aside, it has been an interesting, frustrating, and enjoyable year at EE. Ideas were proposed; some died a horrible silent death while some still stand. Lively debates, entertaining discussions, and even some trash-talk (accompanied by laying down the law) occurred.
So where am I today as opposed to a year ago? What have I learned in the past year?
- I am willing to grant the plausibility of common descent. Of course, I’ve stated that through FLE, common descent and design are one and the same. There are still many, many hurdles to overcome in order for common descent to ascend to the probable category, but the journey should be fun.
- This may seem contradictory to the above point, but I still haven’t seen compelling evidence of macroevolution/speciation. The contradiction is erased when you consider common descent/design as a platform from which to work from.
- Natural selection seems to play less and less a role than I first thought.
- The IDM is still an impediment to ID Science. And yes, IDS is there, it’s just shouted down by IDM.
- IMO, Mike Gene and Del Ratzsch are the new pioneers of IDS (Mike with the science and Dr. Ratzsch with the underlying philosophy).
- While I may be having doubts about Information Theory shedding any light on design detection, I still think there’s something IDS can gain from it. IDS also needs to take a closer look at evolution from an energy and quantum mechanics standpoint.
- The mainstream media (MSM) does not get it with respect to the debate. They seem more willing to swallow myths and false legends and sell hype and politics than actually dig more deep into the issues. I’m not saying ID media like Expelled is a solution (still haven’t seen it), just that if one wants better info, the Internet and library seem like a better place to learn about evolution and ID.
- Both sides need a “time out”. I suspect “kiss and make up” is unrealistic. ;P
My thanks go out to friends, supporters and critics alike.
*raising the beer mug*
Here’s to many more years of fun at “the asylum”.
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