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    Intelligent Thought: Science versus the Intelligent Design Movement
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    Intelligent Thought: Science versus the Intelligent Design Movement

    By John Brockman

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    Evolutionary science lies at the heart of a modern understanding of the natural world. Darwin’s theory has withstood 150 years of scientific scrutiny, and today it not only explains the origin and design of living things, but highlights the importance of a scientific understanding in our culture and in our lives.

    Recently the movement known as “Intelligent Design” has attracted the attention of journalists, educators, and legislators. The scientific community is puzzled and saddened by this trend–not only because it distorts modern biology, but also because it diverts people from the truly fascinating ideas emerging from the real science of evolution. Here, join fifteen of our preeminent thinkers whose clear, accessible, and passionate essays reveal the fact and power of Darwin’s theory, and the beauty of the scientific quest to understand our world.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
    Release dateDec 18, 2007
    ISBN9780307426406
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    • 4/5
      This is not the silver bullet that can be used to dispel IDers, nor is it anti-religion if you are looking for that. It is a collection of 16 essays from true scientists (evolutionary biologists, physicists, psychologists, philosophers, paleontologists, and more) who have joined to respond to the claims of Intelligent Design and the absurdity of calling it science. There are other, more detailed books on the matter, but some of the essays are from different perspectives than the normal refutations. In addition to those that explain why ID is not science, there are essays on why Darwin rejected design, evidence for evolution, and one describing why the product of evolution is more unintelligently "designed" leaving the believer of ID to try to explain why things such as the so called irreducibly complex human eye is such a poor design.

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      Published just after the Kitzmiller versus Dover ruling. A collection of essays from those on the side of science and reason in the never ending debate about creationism in science classrooms in the USA.By turn entertaining and educational whilst consistently eloquent. The book also covers the wider issue of science and reason and the role they can play in the world today.A better summary of the issues I have not found. Coyne on whether ID is science, science versus religion by Susskind, Dennett on ID the hoax, Humphrey on consciousness and Darwinism, White on human evolution, Shubin on the move to the land, Dawkins on intelligent aliens, Sulloway on Darwin and ID, Atran on unintelligent design, Pinker on evolution and ethics, Smolin on evolution and other sciences, Kauffman on ID - Science or not? Seth Lloyd discusses an intelligent universe, Randall on scientific method and the use of words, whilst Mark Hauser discusses education and Sampson explains the importance of "evoliteracy". We are also given a complete printing of the Judges Verdict from the Dover trial.As the editor says "The Visigoths are at the gates. Will we let them in?"