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Welcome to TalkDesign.org!
This web site, a sub-site of TalkOrigins.org, is a response to the "Intelligent Design" movement of creationism. It is dedicated to:
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Introduction to the TalkDesign.org Site
Talkdesign.org was created to provide a one-stop location for responses to the arguments of the Intelligent Design (ID) movement. Many articles critical of ID are scattered around the Web. Talkdesign.org provides links to the best and most
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Change at TalkDesign
TalkDesign is moving away from static, hand-written HTML pages to a spiffy content management system, Civicspace. The theme, for the moment, is the "interlaced" theme. We hope that with the change in system, more of the TalkDesign crew will
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Bottaro's Letter to WNYE
Andrea Bottaro wrote a letter to TV station WNYE about their scheduling of the "intelligent design" propaganda film, Unlocking the Mystery of Life .
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- DR. DEMBSKI'S COMPASS - or, How to lose one's way while looking for misdirection.
Andrea Bottaro responds to a criticism made by "intelligent design" advocate William A. Dembski about Bottaro's review of Unlocking the Mystery of Life .
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Evolving Immunity
Matt Inlay responds to the immunity chapter, Chapter 6, of Michael Behe's Darwin's Black Box .
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Background to "Evolution in (Brownian) space: a model for the origin of the bacterial flagellum"
Nick Matzke provides a brief article covering some of the background information needed to understand arguments made about bacterial flagella and Michael Behe's claims of 'irreducible complexity' for that organelle.
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Grist for the EF mill
Original: Grist for the EF mill , by Matt Brauer, posted on March 25, 2004 06:36 AM.
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Irreducible Complexity Demystified
new term, irreducibly complex , (IC) has been introduced into public discussions of evolution. The term was defined by Michael Behe in 1996 in his book Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution ( 1 ). Irreducible complexity
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Icon of Obfuscation: Jonathan Wells' book Icons of Evolution and why most of what it teaches about evolution is wrong
Nick Matzke reviews Jonathan Wells's book, Icons of Evolution . Icons of Evolution purports to document that "students and the public are being systematically misinformed about the evidence for evolution." But it is Icons itself that is rea
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Meyer's Hopeless Monster
Alan Gishlick, Nick Matzke, and Wesley R. Elsberry critique the paper published by "intelligent design" advocate Stephen C. Meyer in Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington in August, 2004. They conclude that Meyer's review pape
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Moonshine: Why the Peppered Moth Remains an Icon of Evolution
Matt Young takes up the criticisms that "intelligent design" advocates make about peppered moths and the studies showing that natural selection acted on their populations. The peppered moth example is still an excellent example of natural s
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Introduction
Reed Cartwright provides an introduction to the series of chapter reviews of Jonathan Wells's book.
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Review of Chapter One
Burt Humburg examines Chapter 1, and finds that Jonathan Wells has a severe case of Humtpy-Dumptyism. Wells just can't seem to bring himself to use words in a consistent manner.
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Review of Chapter Three
PZ Myers reviews Chapter 3, which takes up developmental biology. Consistently, Jonathan Wells has to serve up a mishmash of the biology in order to dismiss it.
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Review of Chapter Nine
Jonathan Wells (2006) The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design . Regnery Publishing, Inc. Washington, DC. Amazon
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Review of Chapter Ten
Ian Musgrave critiques Chapter 10 of PIGDID in this essay, titled "IC is not nice".
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Review of Chapter Fifteen
Burt Humburg points out the irony of Jonathan Wells, Unification Church sanctioned theologian, setting himself up as a defender of traditional Christianity in this review of Chapter 15.
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Critique Concerning Legal Issues
Tim Sandefur takes on statements by Wells concerning legal issues surrounding the lawsuit over the Understanding Evolution website.
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Review of Chapter Sixteen
Mark Perakh reviews Chapter 16, wherein Jonathan Wells engages in a massive fit of projection to try to smear evolutionary biologists with the heritage of Trofim D. Lysenko.
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Ohio
Richard B. Hoppe takes Wells to task over Wells's misleading version of events in Ohio.
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PT Reviews "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design"
A number of the contributors to the Panda's Thumb weblog review chapters from "intelligent design" advocate Jonathan Wells's 2006 book, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design . The book proved to be a farrago of
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Quixotic References
[1] The claim that scientists by the thousands are joining the ID movement, and that it's just a matter of time before the rest see the light, is a propaganda technique known as inevitable victory , and is frequently employed by the ID move
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"The Quixotic Message", or "No Free Hunch"
Steve Reuland (aka "theyeti") takes a humorous but well-referenced look at the inconsistencies of the Intelligent Design movement and its advocates.
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The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth?
Brian Spitzer's review of Phillip Johnson's Darwin on Trial tells why it and the "Intelligent Design" movement are neither science—nor Christian.
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The Design Revolution? How William Dembski Is Dodging Questions About Intelligent Design
Mark Perakh's essay on the tactics used by William Dembski in responding to, or not responding to, criticism and critics.
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How Intelligent Design Advocates Turn the Sordid Lessons from Soviet and Nazi History Upside Down
Wesley R. Elsberry and Mark Perakh examine the invidious comparisons made by "intelligent design" advocates where they liken evolutionary biologists to Soviet and Nazi leaders. In particular, the bizarre misuse by ID advocates of the exampl
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TalkDesign Volunteers
Mark Perakh, PhD Dr.Sci, Professor of Physics Emeritus California State University Fullerton perakh@bigfoot.com www.nctimes.net/~mark, www.talkreason.org Wesley R. Elsberry, Ph.D. Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University http:/
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The advantages of theft over toil: the design inference and arguing from ignorance
John Wilkins and Wesley R. Elsberry examine the claims made by "intelligent design" advocate William A. Dembski for his "explanatory filter". This is an online version of the 2001 Biology and Philosophy peer-reviewed paper, one of the few p
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Theory Is As Theory Does
Ian F. Musgrave, Steve Reuland, and Reed A. Cartwright examine the claims of the Michael Behe and David Snoke paper published in Protein Science in 2004. While the goal of the Behe and Snoke paper is to generate impressive-looking improbabi
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Not a Free Lunch But a Box of Chocolates: A critique of William Dembski's book No Free Lunch
Richard Wein's review of No Free Lunch argues that Dembski's case is nothing more than a god-of-the-gaps argument dressed up in misleading pseudoscientific mumbo jumbo.
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Response? What Response?
Richard Wein replies to William Dembski's reply to Wein's Not a Free Lunch But a Box of Chocolates.
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A Presentation Without Arguments
Mark Perakh evaluates William Dembski's presentation at the CSICOP conference in Burbank, CA on June 21st, 2002.
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You Missed a Spot, Dr. Dembski
William A. Dembski recently published a book, The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions About Intelligent Design . The subtitle offers a promissory note, and so do several of the blurbs on the dust jacket and front matter to t
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