tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916334562384780452.post5317106888935628694..comments2023-12-13T12:48:29.436-07:00Comments on Mormon Puzzle Pieces: Intelligent DesignUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916334562384780452.post-78367162974918001402020-03-02T20:23:38.195-07:002020-03-02T20:23:38.195-07:00That is awesome, thank you. That is awesome, thank you. Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17623980118764230707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916334562384780452.post-72913901125862205322020-02-23T23:40:05.775-07:002020-02-23T23:40:05.775-07:00This is a very well argued piece, and I completely...This is a very well argued piece, and I completely agree with your position.<br /><br />I spent a fair bit of time in academia among staunch evolutionists, but one of my fellow grad students happened to be a YEC Anabaptist (who was doing research on the evolution of protein networks). He was an incredibly bright fellow, actually, and we had lots of discussions over evolution and ID. Generally, I found a lot of division among scientists on how to deal with ID, even among scientists at BYU!<br /><br />And even though I am an agnostic atheist who currently believes fully in common descent and evolution, I have always found the kinds of arguments you present compelling: science advances when we propose falsifiable theories. Some models have more explanatory power than others, but we should be open to considering differing models, especially if a reasonable case can be made for them (and I think ID is a reasonable hypothesis in some cases). And good ID models tend to be testable/falsifiable, so I have no problem with an interested scientist studying a model and publishing their research.<br /><br />Government funding and representation in school curricula should probably follow somewhat proportionally to the contribution ID models have made to scientific advances in the past (unless you can think of a reason to do otherwise?). That probably means low levels of government funding and low levels of school representation, but I have no problem with <b>some</b> representation, at least. And, I would encourage scientists who are passionate about ID to conduct good science where they think the model best applies.bwv549https://www.blogger.com/profile/14112931830339435233noreply@blogger.com