[Grovenet] If you missed it...

[Katie Allnutt]

I was fascinated by the biology presented on both sides.
Who would have guessed that a group of proteins could wind themselves  
up in a group of shapes and make a motor?  And that a similar group  
of proteins could wind up as an injector? Talk about micro-mechanics.

There is some cool stuff that wasn't known when I was in 9th grade  
biology.

Oh, and just to complicate things even further, there is a parallel  
controversy over whether it was truly Darwin who came up with this  
theory or whether he 'borrowed' much of it from the writings of a  
working class  guy who made his living collecting beetles,  
butterflies, etc and sold them to the upper classes who had hobbies  
of collecting the most exotic and largest varieties of a species.  It  
is unclear if Darwin just managed to get his book published first  
while the other guy was on a slow boat back home.  Check out 'Song of  
the  Dodo' by David Quammen if you want religion, science, and  
intrigue in history.

Katie


On Nov 14, 2007, at 12:24 PM, Steele, Mike wrote:

> Katie...Geri and I watched this in great detail...I'll be purchasing a
> copy for PU--to use in a course I'll teach next spring.
>
> If anyone's interested, one of the key issues is "The Wedge"-- 
> tactics to
> be used to bring us all under the one tent as envisioned by those who
> support the ID folks and the culture they seek to impose on the  
> country.
> To wit, from Wikipedia:  "The wedge strategy is a political and social
> action plan authored by the Discovery Institute, the hub of the
> intelligent design movement. The strategy was put forth in a Discovery
> Institute manifesto known as the Wedge Document,[1] which describes a
> broad social, political, and academic agenda whose ultimate goal is to
> "defeat [scientific] materialism" represented by evolution,  
> "reverse the
> stifling materialist world view and replace it with a science  
> consonant
> with Christian and theistic convictions"[2] and to "affirm the reality
> of God."[3] Its goal is to "renew" American culture by shaping public
> policy to reflect conservative Christian values.[4]"
>
> --Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet- 
> bounces at rdrop.com] On
> Behalf Of Katie Allnutt
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 11:23 AM
> To: Forest Grove local interests list
> Subject: [Grovenet] If you missed it...
>
> I almost didn't watch the show on last night about the trial in Dover
> PA regarding teaching evolution in science class, but since I have a
> science teacher friend I thought I would.
> Goodness, gracious as my grandmother used to say, it was a good
> show.  If you missed it, set your VCR or TiVo to record it as it
> repeats on Thursday at 2 am and 11 pm.
>
> I was most impressed by the teachers who thought they were goners
> because the judge assigned to the case was on record as supporting ID
> and claiming it should be taught in public schools.  Both sides lined
> up their experts and the trial captivated the community for the whole
> 6 weeks of the testimony and the weeks after while the judge was
> deciding the outcome.
>
> If you want to learn something about science and intelligent design,
> what they are and what they are not, and learn something about the
> law and what it means to claim that the constitution can or can not
> teach a topic in a science class I recommend that you watch this. I
> won't give away the ending if you don't recall the verdict from the
> news a while back but just note that a battle about the establishment
> clause can keep you on the edge of your seat wondering how the judge
> is going to rule.
>
> Katie
>
>
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