It\u2019s funny, because just two weeks ago I saw Kevin Padian, PhD<\/a> discussing his role as an expert witness in the Dover, PA trial over teaching ID in schools. Dr. Padian pretty well destroyed the ID theorists credibility by showing the countless flaws in their book \u2018Of Pandas and People\u2019 and conversely showing the way evolution, as a theory, operates. One thing he brought up was the creationist argument that the human eye could not evolve<\/span> because all of its complex parts are needed simultaneously. He then showed a slide of eyes, ranging from the simplest photosensitive nerves to the complex rods-and-cones system of our own eyes, showing how each development gave rise to the next. He then mentioned that some \u2018neo-creationists\u2019 have made a similar argument about wings. Up comes another slide showing the progress from those tiny, useless little dinosaur arms up to modern bird wings. What happened? Well, one thing is that those tiny dinosaur arms became more useful when they sprouted various types of branching hairs which could maintain body heat, employ colors to attract mates, and provide soft surface area to nestle eggs; these hairs became feathers. (for a brief discussion of Ken Wilber\u2019s use of this argument, see here<\/a>) Ken basically argues that part of a wing is useless or worse, detrimental, but as the evidence has shown, part of a wing can have many uses.<\/p>\n So that brings me to recent comments here, by Tom:<\/p>\n \u201cAs you may know, since it has come up a hundred times in Nacho\u2019s blog, I am in favor of a redesigned Intelligent Design, for many reasons. I see nothing wrong with a brief, \u201cfair\u201d presentation of a non-religious ID argument in an evolution class, since most people in America doubt evolution. You know these words of Milton? \u201cLet [truth] and falsehood grapple; who ever knew truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?\u201d Why, it\u2019s almost a cliche. \u2013 Tom, from the 15th comment here<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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