Re: [asa] Secret Emails Reveal How ISU Faculty Plotted to Deny Distinguished Astronomer Tenure

People have already pointed out the logical fallacies involved. We
have quite a bit of evidence linking Wayne to the scene, and linking
the body fibers to his carpet.

Failure to understand these differences seems rather unscientific but
helps understand why ID is still popular amongst some

On Dec 7, 2007 12:11 PM, John Walley <john_walley@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I am well aware of the multiverse theory and granted neither can be "proven"
> but denying a designer as is the equivalent of Wayne Williams denying his
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> We accept the obvious implications of the probability in his case but not in
> the case of GG. As I said this is the hypocrisy of academia and mainstream
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> From: Iain Strachan [mailto:igd.strachan@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 11:16 AM
> To: John Walley
> Cc: _American Sci Affil
> Subject: Re: [asa] Secret Emails Reveal How ISU Faculty Plotted to Deny
> Distinguished Astronomer Tenure
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> On Dec 7, 2007 3:51 PM, John Walley <john_walley@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> You have to keep up. I am not going to spell it all out for you again.
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> Bottom line, neither ID nor forensic carpet fiber evidence is 100%
> conclusive in the scientific sense because both us and the carpet fiber
> could have been planted by aliens, but we deduce Wayne Williams guilt from
> one but deny GG his tenure for making the same rational deductions from the
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> The obvious implications of the anthropic principle is that all these
> coincidences proves that there is a Designer. There is no getting around
> that. That is not unscientific. It is just rational.
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> I'm afraid it doesn't "prove" there is a Designer. An alternative
> explanation that cosmologists are appealing to is the Multiverse. Billions
> of barren universes, and ours just happened to get the winning lottery
> ticket. For reasons I've explained in other threads, I don't find the
> appeal to Multiverse any more convincing, or indeed scientific than the
> appeal to a Designer. The anthropic principle no more proves the multiverse
> than it proves the designer.
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> Iain

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