Dr. Stephen C. Meyer (Ph.D from Cambridge) takes on Chris Mooney (B.A. in English) on the scientific method. This is commercial-free.
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Topics:
- science and public policy, e.g. – global warming as science
- what is the definition of science?
- can scientific ideas be questioned by those who disagree with the consensus?
- should we allow scientists to debate scientific questions?
- is name-calling an adequate response to intelligent design?
- is it OK to be skeptical of scientific consensus?
- can a person with a BA in English be a “science journalist”?
- can a person with multiple degrees in science be a “scientific illiterate”?
- is evolution testable? is it falsifiable? can it be criticized at all?
- what about the Altenberg 16? are the “science-deniers” because they doubt Darwinism?
- are scientific theories open to being revised based on new evidence?
- what about the hundreds of credentialed scientists who dissent from evolution?
- what about solar cycles – isn’t that the cause of global warming?
- isn’t Al Gore making billions from the myth of global warming?
- what about documentaries like “An Inconvenient Truth”? Is that science?
- Should science journalists report both sides of scientific disputes?
- Should public schools teach the controversy surrounding scientific issues?
My impression of Mooney is that he never took a single high school course in math or science. English? Is that even something that you can get a degree in? Seriously? English? Shouldn’t “science correspondents” have some qualifications
What is intelligent design?
- R.C. Sproul interviews Stephen Meyer on Signature in the Cell
- Stephen Meyer explains what intelligent design is in a CNN editorial
- Stephen Meyer’s Signature in the Cell in top ten science books on Amazon.com
- Stephen Meyer debate against Michael Shermer on Lee Strobel’s TV show
Free documentaries on intelligent design
Here are the 2 playlists:
- Unlocking the Mystery of Life (12 videos in a playlist)
- The Privileged Planet (12 videos in a playlist)
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- Origin of biological information in the simplest replicating cell (Stephen C. Meyer)
- Sudden origins of all major body plans in the 3-5 million year Cambrian explosion(Stephen C. Meyer, Jonathan Wells)
WINTERY KNIGHT 
As someone who studied both science and art subjects, I’d like to object to your dig at English as a subject unworthy of study. Yes, English is something you can do a real degree in. No, it doesn’t qualify one scientifically. But it actually IS valuable in many other respects. It isn’t all about feminist readings of Shakespeare. It helps with textual analysis, which is particularly useful in studying the Bible – understanding literary genre, recognizing structural techniques, analyzing literary devices, etc. And English courses also require one to construct cogent arguments, which is useful in apologetics. And there are umpteen other uses which I can’t think of because I’m getting tired. Gosh, it even helps you formulate arguments on scientific matters – provided you know something about such matters in the first place. Apologize forthwith, Sir Wintery – or I shall have to challenge you to a duel!
Then again, maybe you didn’t really mean that and were just being lobsterous AGAIN. Raaaaaaaaaaaar!!
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Of course! I love English – I wanted to be an English teacher and I adore English and French literature. I especially like Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters and SHAKESPEARE! Any adventure story involving French Musketeers is also good.
Oh, and I do apologize. I was being lobsterous.
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I’m not sure that “lobsterous” advances the cause of the English language!
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Silence, you villainous blobby!
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Hahaha!
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Apology accepted. [Slowly lowers rapier…] You are a fan of Austen, Brontë, and Shakespeare? It will atone.
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