(October 2, 2013 at 9:42 am)Tortino Wrote:(October 2, 2013 at 9:22 am)max-greece Wrote: ""The theory of intelligent design is simply an effort to empirically detect whether the "apparent design" in nature acknowledged by virtually all biologists is genuine design (the product of an intelligent cause) or is simply the product of an undirected process such as natural selection acting on random variations. Creationism typically starts with a religious text and tries to see how the findings of science can be reconciled to it. Intelligent design starts with the empirical evidence of nature and seeks to ascertain what inferences can be drawn from that evidence. Unlike creationism, the scientific theory of intelligent ""
No - it isn't. Sorry. You are simply wrong here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_design
"Intelligent design (ID) is a form of anti-evolution creationism[1][2] presented by its proponents as the theory that "certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as natural selection."[3] It is a version of the theological argument from design for the existence of God that proponents present as "an evidence-based scientific theory about life's origins" rather than "a religious-based idea".[n 1][4] The leading proponents of this version of the argument are all associated with the Discovery Institute, a politically conservative think tank based in the United States, and believe the designer to be the Christian deity.[n 2][5][n 3] The concepts of irreducible complexity and specified complexity propose that certain biological features are too complex and improbable to be the result of evolutionary processes, and conclude that these features are evidence of design.[n 4]"
Also see Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District where a judge declared Intelligent Design as "a form of creationism, and that the school board policy violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution."
You have it twisted. Advocates of intelligent design and opponents of intelligent design look at the SAME EVIDENCE. It is the conclusion which differs.
Furthermore, who determines if something is designed or not? What are the parameters of determining if something is designed? Is it a scientific question or a philosophical one?
No - I haven't twisted anything - you just read the finding of the judge of the above case.
Intelligent Design was a sneak attack which attempted to get creationism into the science curriculum. Fortunately for all, it failed.
Read the Judges full comments - they are available on line.
