What this usually reveals is that the typical IDiot doesn't understand evolution. But there's at least one Intelligent Design Creationist who recognizes that this is a problem. Jonathan McLatchie (Jonathan M) recommends that his colleagues take an free online course in order to learn about evolution [Free Online Course: Introduction to Genetics and Evolution]. He writes,
Critics of modern evolutionary theory have an intellectual responsibility to strive to understand the paradigm that they are critiquing, preferably to a level where they can clearly articulate the key propositions of evolutionary theory and offer a standard defense of them.Wouldn't it be nice if most IDiots followed Jonathan McLatchie's advice? In just a few months they could learn that modern evolution and genetics includes all sorts of things that Darwin never knew! Imagine what a relief it would be if they stopped referring to us all as "Darwinists" and started to understand that evolution is a fact.
Richard Hoppe, at the Panda’s Thumb blog, drew my attention to a free online course on the subject of genetics and evolution. You can, as I have done, sign up for (and read about) the course at this link.
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I particularly recommend that those among us who don’t have a strong biology background take this course. It is very important that we ID proponents make sure we have a robust grasp of what evolutionary theory is saying and why it says it, so that no one can say we haven’t given it a fair hearing.
Not holding my breath.
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 202 of 202"Wouldn't it be nice" if people thought about the universe in ways that include but don't limit themselves to biology. Long before the development of molecules the universe existed as particles and atoms, both of which exhibit positive and negative features, which certainly appear to be designed as cooperative systems. For example, subatomic particles, the basic building blocks of all matter, posses either a positive charge, negative charge or neutral charge, formed by the neutralization of positive and negative constituents. Particles join with each other through reciprocal relationships to form atoms. Atoms in turn display either a positive or negative valence. When the dual characteristics enter into a reciprocal relationship with those in another atom, they form a molecule. Molecules in like manner engage in further reciprocal relationships. Plants propagate through stamen and pistil. Animals multiply and maintain their species through the relationship between male and female. Notice anything random in these processes? Anything similar? The ancients 5,000 years ago recognized the duality of the universe as yang and yin. Why can't scientists see the bigger picture? This constructed duality forms the basis for evolution, ultimately for man and woman. If natural selection finalized as man and woman, believing it to be an efficient means to propagate the species, it surely failed in its goal. I could go on ...
There are a lot of species that reproduce asexually. A LOT.
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