Re: [asa] dawkins and collins on "Fresh Air" interview program

On 3/31/07, PvM <pvm.pandas@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 3/31/07, Iain Strachan <igd.strachan@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 3/31/07, PvM <pvm.pandas@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 3/31/07, David Opderbeck <dopderbeck@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >Not the slightest chance when every few days we get the repeated
> > > mantra of "Scientifically
> > > > Vacuous" rammed down our throats. There is one thing I know well,
> and
> > that is that Pim thinks
> > > > ID is scientifically vacuous, because he must have told us so about
> 150
> > times!
> > > > It's about time both sides started listening to each other instead
> of
> > making insulting statements
> > >
> > > It's not meant as an insult but as a simple observation of fact. ID is
> > > scientifically vacuous because of the simple reason that it lacks a
> > > foundation to make a non-begging-the-question assumption about
> > > anything. At best it can argue 'X cannot be explained by Y' but that
> > > has no relevance to the position of ID.
> >
> > Pim,
> >
> > You may not take it as an insult, but that's how it comes across, and
> > furthermore you repeat this "scientifically vacuous" observation
> literally
> > ad nauseam. I did a Google search on the phrase "scientifically
> vacuous"
> > and found that most of the hits at the top of the list were places on
> the
> > web where you've used the phrase. There were a couple of places where
> > someone called "Wedgie World" seems to have picked up the meme you've
> > started her.
>
> Excellent

Not at all. James asked whether we shall ever reach the point of
dialogue. Clearly not with your attitude.

Iain

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Received on Sat Mar 31 19:56:49 2007