tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post8856136982123726574..comments2023-09-24T07:53:50.826-05:00Comments on The Atheist Experience™: Liveblogging the PBS Dover trial special, hour 2Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-32652076241703977402007-11-15T09:41:00.000-06:002007-11-15T09:41:00.000-06:00You know I would have loved to have seen this if o...You know I would have loved to have seen this if our local PBS station WKNO hadn't deemed it "too controversial" and refused to show it. <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2007/nov/15/no-headline---2007-11-14-184811530472/" REL="nofollow"> Here's the link to the letters to the editor which was the only place that covered the incident.</A>(You'll find it half way down the page)Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17859044366718845374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-33029845292621668242007-11-14T05:16:00.000-06:002007-11-14T05:16:00.000-06:00I just watched it on it's 1am replay, since I wasn...I just watched it on it's 1am replay, since I wasn't able to catch the original broadcast. I followed the trial off and on, so there wasn't a whole lot of surprises, but I found the show to actually be really good. I was a bit worried it might try to give equal weight to both sides and let the viewer decide, but it didn't. When an IDiot would make a claim, I noticed a lot of times the program would cut away to a counter point. <BR/><BR/>ie, they show Behe talking about the flagellum and he quotes a scientist (name escapes me at the moment) who's made the flagellum a major part of his career, saying that this scientists quote (yay, quote-mining!) shows that somebody who's put so much work and effort through the years on this subject agrees with Behe's assertion that the flagellum looks like something man-made, designed. As soon as actor-Behe says that, the program introduces the very scientist that Behe was talking about, and this scientist not only explains that is <I>not</I> what he said, but then goes on to rip the whole idea of irreducible complexity a new one. <BR/><BR/>Also, I liked how Nova mentioned that they made multiple attempts to interview Behe (and others who didn't show up to testify), but he "had requirements that aren't part of normal journalistic methods", or something to that effect. They didn't elaborate, but I think adding that in not only showed Nova was trying to get all the information (this goes a long way for most viewers), but it made a subtle (not so subtle) comment on Behe's character.<BR/><BR/>All in all, good show.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12349731679764819496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-78307132371420828462007-11-13T20:34:00.000-06:002007-11-13T20:34:00.000-06:00The "cdesign proponentsists" blunder got a huge la...The "cdesign proponentsists" blunder got a huge laugh at Forrest's talk too. She suggested they might be a transitional form...Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17933545393470431585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-20758127327379844272007-11-13T20:23:00.000-06:002007-11-13T20:23:00.000-06:00Thanks for the detail.Thanks for the detail.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05324968314168283095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-59314762972997891972007-11-13T20:14:00.000-06:002007-11-13T20:14:00.000-06:00According to Barbara Forrest, Dembski and the othe...According to Barbara Forrest, Dembski and the other IDiots who dropped out of Dover did so because they wanted their own attorneys present. The Thomas More Law Center said no way, this is our baby. Dembski still demanded, and got, his $200/hour fee (while Forrest and all the scientists the NCSE corralled did their work pro bono), eventually pocketing 20 grand for not even showing up. Nice "work" if you can get it.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17933545393470431585noreply@blogger.com