Lorsque les grands hommes se laissent abattre par la longueur de leurs infortunes, ils font voir qu'ils ne les soutenaient que par la force de leur ambition, et non par celle de leur âme, et qu'à une grande vanité près les héros sont faits comme les autres hommes.   Rochefoucauld

Wednesday, April 07, 2004

More design stuff

An interesting and complete refutation from Prof Matt Young of Dembski's claim that "specified complexity" implies design. A little bit less heated than Matt Brauer's slamming of Dembski on Panda's Thumb.

What amused me most of all was Young's cheeky suggestion that Dembski might have made it all up to get himself a name. He certainly gets a lot of heat with very little light.

The most hilarious comment, though, just has to be in Kornbelt's review of Dembski's No Free Lunch: "If there is a Designer, of course, He/She/It/They would necessraily be in the "gaps." Where else would He/She/It/They be? "

Erm.

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