http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2005/08/23/willfully-ignorant-or-just-lazy Pontification without all the gritty gravitas Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:54:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2005/08/23/willfully-ignorant-or-just-lazy#comment-24 Bill Tue, 23 Aug 2005 15:25:40 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/?p=42#comment-24 Note to future self: "They're just full of shit," is a reasonable thing to say about Intelligent Design people, if it's that hard to make the point with reasoned explanation. Note to future self: “They’re just full of shit,” is a reasonable thing to say about Intelligent Design people, if it’s that hard to make the point with reasoned explanation.

]]> http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2005/08/23/willfully-ignorant-or-just-lazy#comment-23 Cosma Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:44:00 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/?p=42#comment-23 Some weeks ago, back before Bush came out in favor of ID, Chang got in touch with me about this piece, essentially asking what was up with Dembski. I did try to explain that the answer was "nothing of any scientific substance, just an attempt to fabricate a controversy" --- indeed I tried to explain that in some detail --- but either I wasn't very good at it, or the idea that objectivity means "opinions on shape of the Earth differ prevailed. Some weeks ago, back before Bush came out in favor of ID, Chang got in touch with me about this piece, essentially asking what was up with Dembski. I did try to explain that the answer was “nothing of any scientific substance, just an attempt to fabricate a controversy” — indeed I tried to explain that in some detail — but either I wasn’t very good at it, or the idea that objectivity means “opinions on shape of the Earth differ prevailed.

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