"intelligent design" talk
Oct. 6th, 2005 07:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jinian[only slightly edited from mail, for I am lazy]
I was one of about 170 people crammed into one of our smaller campus auditorium facilities tonight to listen to a philosophy prof take apart Michael Behe's arguments in his infamous February NYT letter.
It was not so scientifically rigorous, but the talk showed a great understanding of what's science and what isn't, and what belongs in which classroom. The professor, phil department chair Kenneth Clatterbaugh, wasn't prepared for the inevitable Haeckel's-embryos question (though he fielded it fairly well with a comparison to neutrino discovery), but it was a fine thing to see. Next time they'll know to allow more time and space. :)
And! I found out that the next Tri-Beta event is going to watch the salmon run on the 15th! I am so there.
I was one of about 170 people crammed into one of our smaller campus auditorium facilities tonight to listen to a philosophy prof take apart Michael Behe's arguments in his infamous February NYT letter.
It was not so scientifically rigorous, but the talk showed a great understanding of what's science and what isn't, and what belongs in which classroom. The professor, phil department chair Kenneth Clatterbaugh, wasn't prepared for the inevitable Haeckel's-embryos question (though he fielded it fairly well with a comparison to neutrino discovery), but it was a fine thing to see. Next time they'll know to allow more time and space. :)
And! I found out that the next Tri-Beta event is going to watch the salmon run on the 15th! I am so there.
