Re: Expelled...not bad....anyone?

Ken McElhaney wrote:
> Tyler Trafford wrote:
>> Ken McElhaney wrote:
>>> Tyler Trafford wrote:
>>>> Ken McElhaney wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Gee guys...if you admit you don't know...And yet the theories they
>>>>> propose (such as the combination of the necessary elements forming
>>>>> on the back of a crystal...I'm not making this up) make
>>>>> "Intelligent Design" look pretty darn sane.
>>>>
>>>> <quote>
>>>> At no time did Ruse say he believed the Cairns-Smith theory, only
>>>> that it was the KIND of theory that scientists are actively
>>>> examining, as a CANDIDATE for the origin of evolution.
>>>> </quote>
>>>
>>> That's reaching for a techincality as Ruse did promote the theory as
>>> valid at first, though he did never state he "believed" it.
>>
>> Erm, by "valid" I'm assuming you mean testable, falsifiable.  I fail
>> to see a conflict.
>
> In the film, Ruse quickly answers Stein's question of what theories
> Darwinian scientists have about the origins of the first living cell
> with this example as one he seemed to believe in, at least that's the
> impression I got from the confidence in his voice and defense of the
> theory. Only when Stein laughs a bit and questions him further does he
> lose confidence, stumbles a bit, then retreats.  The paragraph you
> cited does not convey what actually happened in the film, it suggests
> that Ruse simply plucked a theory out of a bag.

I understand the interviews were preceded by phone calls from Mark
Mathis who "explained" the nature of the interviews.  The confusion can
be attributed to the difference between that interview and the one he
agreed to.

But of course:

> I would suggest that you see the film and draw your own conclusions.

Well, yeah.
-- 
Tyler Trafford

That which is not good for the swarm, neither is it good for the bee.