UPDATE: Ken Miller will be on Ohio Public Radio tomorrow, on 90.3 WCPN, 9 a.m. eastern. The program will also feature a face-off between Ohio State Board of Education candidates Deborah Owens-Fink and Tom Sawyer. The program, “Evolution’s Effect on Voters,” will start at 9 am Eastern Time on Thursday, and the station has live streaming. Questions can be asked at (216) 578-0903, or the show email, [Enable javascript to see this email address.].
Ken Miller speaking in Ohio: An announcement from Patricia Princehouse of Ohio is below. Kenneth Miller is evidently trying to break some sort of record – he is speaking seven times in three days, starting Thursday at Case Western Reserve University, in a talk which will be webcast.
Ken Miller in Ohio! Oct 26-28 Science, God, & Intelligent-Design: Why all three matter in the 2006 Ohio elections
As seen on the Colbert Report & YouTube!!!
Akron, Bowling Green, Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Kent, and Oberlin.
**FREE & OPEN to the PUBLIC** Details at http://ohiohope.homestead.com/miller.html
Webcast Thurs 11:30 am!
Once is not enough! ;)
That’s for sure.
Collect all 7!
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Anyone care to publish a 7-part series online?
;-)
Good for Miller. Dawkins really despises him, though.
Does that say something about Miller?
Or Dawkins?
Got a cite for “despises” as against “disagrees with”?
It says the most about Dawkins. What has Miller done to offend Dawkins?
Of course, since Dawkins has shown his willingness to trash millions of innocent people without regard to their actions – or even a clear understanding of their beliefs – why should we care what Dawkins “thinks?”
I once heard Ken Miller tell a story about a, um, vigorous (impromptu) debate they once had when they were both invited to the same dinner or something. I don’t remember the details unfortunately, but neither Miller nor Dawkins are exactly slouches when it comes to witty repartee.
Indeed, I haven’t seen either Miller or Dawkins make an unfriendly remark about the other. They just like to argue.
grady just loves dropping one-line strawmen as bait.
Scientists Endorse Candidate Over Teaching of Evolution:
So far, Miller is doing his usual bangup job. Ms. Fink really “finked” around some questions about the critical analysis issue. Dr. Williams is also rather special. He said that in the business community people are more “open-minded” to good ideas. Too bad ID hasn’t yielded s*** in research for the business world. Lots of book sales. No R&D.
I’m listening to it on the radio: it is a superb treatment. Miller is doing a fantastic job, and Tom Sawyer is doing a fine political wrap-up near the end.
Announced at RSR: http://redstaterabble.blogspot.com/
OK, so at this point I’m provisionally going with “‘Dawkins despises Miller’ is unfounded tendentious nonsense,” subject to future correction.
Will the Miller webcast be archived anywhere?
Dr. Miller has received a good deal of grief of late from those who should know better.
These critics have lambasted him here and at other blogs for, among other things, having a peculiarly theistic take on evolution.
Talk about biting the hand that feeds you. Few people have been such a tireless advocate for evolution education. I’d like to see my friends in the community of the godless who have been so critical of Miller put either their time or their money on the line in the Ohio elections. Let’s come together, people!.…SH
The youtube thing has been taken down due to copyright infringement.
Dawknin’s no more despises people who hold sincere religious belief than Millar despises Atheists. He probably doesn’t have a lot of time for those that wish to exploit that belief and those in the religious industry who want to indoctrinate kids to improve their market share.
Miller is seriously good - I almost wish that there was a Catholic God as a reward for all his efforts. He was much better than Dawkins on the ‘Colbert Report’ - Dawkins seemed rather bemused by the whole thing, although at least he smiled a lot for a change.
When Dawkins was here in Kansas he ridiculed both Miller and Gould for being accomodating to religion.
You all know that is Dawkins attitude.
Quit pretending.
I of course cannot speak for others, but I can say with all honesty and sincerity that I am not “pretending”.
I’m just asking for a citation that demonstrates that Dawkins “despises” Miller. Have you any?
We should distinguish between antiscientific and religious sentiments wherever we can, despite the conflation from creationists. This also makes it natural to criticise Miller’s theistic evolution as it is.
If we need to compare Colbert’s interviews of Miller vs Dawkins instead of what they are saying, I think it is hard to say who come off better, since it is also a matter of taste involved - personally I enjoyed Dawkins’ spare and witty style, which influences me apart from that I agree with Dawkins’ worldview and disagree with Miller’s.
I think Miller come over as smoother and at least as sure of himself, especially since Dawkins had a wobbly start before adapting to the format of the show. Miller also parsed his answers admirably. I’m pretty sure he may be the good public speaker everybody says.
But on the other hand Dawkins made Colbert loose the thread at times, perhaps since Colbert seems to be a catholic and have opposed views which must have made it hard for him when Dawkins returned strong points.
So IMO both made a good job on their points. And Colbert was terrific too - the format he uses is personally friendly and fun while intellectually provocative, exactly the devious style that one may think is needed to reach some groups.
I watched the speech. He didn’t “ridicule” Miller or Gould. Sure, he strongly disagrees with their positions, even calling NOMA “nonsense”, but there were no personal attacks. Actually, I think he’s fairly polite. He could be a lot nastier, if he wanted to be.
He’s made personal attacks on Gould in print before, and vice versa, but they were sniping over evolutionary theory before the religion issue ever came up.
Hiero5ant wrote:
I guess it is unfounded tendentious nonsense, no future correction of your point likely in any way. On page 131 of The God Delusion Dawkins writes:
“In fact, molecular biologists have no difficulty in finding parts functioning outside the whole, both for the flagellar motor and for Behe’s other alleged examples of irreducible complexity. The point is well put by Kenneth Miller of Brown University, for my money the most persuasive nemesis of ‘intelligent design’, not least because he is a devout Christian. I frequently recommend Miller’s book, Finding Darwin’s God, to religious people who write to me having been bamboozled by Behe.”
(BTW, I find Dawkins’s book quite entertaining, and I can understand his point of view, even though, as a Christian, I obviously do not agree with him. I do agree with him on evolutionary science though, what is there to disagree?)
Well, your citation which conclusively disproves the claim that Dawkins “despises” Miller may have truth on its side, but the idea that atheists must be snivelling bigoted hate-filled golblins has truthiness.
Ah, so not only do you believe anything that you read as long as it fits your preconceptions, but you also ascribe to argumentum ad ignorantiam. That is, you accept that Dawkins despises Miller, but you know of no reason why he should, and this says something to you about Dawkins. Rather, I think, it says a lot about you (not that it says anything that wasn’t already well known).
Gee, Popper, it sure was quiet while you were gone.
What, and it suddenly changed? I see, Lenny, that you’re as intellectually dishonest and as much of a dick waver as I remember you to be.
Ken Miller - On Apes and Humans http://beepbeepitsme.blogspot.com/2[…]-humans.html
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