Unfortunately it goes much further than rejecting AIT or any of the formal information-theory work that's been done. They've also been flatly juxtaposing normal information-theory mathematics with verbal "explanations" saying that some equation states the exact opposite of what it actually states. For years. They picked this up around the same time they picked up the terms "intelligent design" and "irreducibly complex", and "numerical" arguments about the "improbability" of evolution being able to function (of course, measuring a mathematical object that does not describe any actual mode of selection). Such tactics have more syllables -- and numbers! -- and so sound much more sciencey than "bible". Their whole approach these days is to hide in "science clothes", claim no relation to religion at all, and rely on the inability of the general public to tell the difference. Make it look like two competing theories in the same, "wide-open" scientific fields.
It is indeed a sad and angry-making day when you discover how deep this shit goes. My condolences. Maybe a few minutes on cuteoverload? That always helps for me.
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Date: 2009-07-14 03:09 am (UTC)It is indeed a sad and angry-making day when you discover how deep this shit goes. My condolences. Maybe a few minutes on cuteoverload? That always helps for me.