Casey Luskin Update?
After Casey responded to my email on Monday, I sent him a response which outlined why I thought he was being dishonest.
Casey,
Thank you for forgiving me. I was admittedly a jerk, and have no way of knowing what your motives really are. Also, thank you for responding to my email.
Here is what is happening as I see it:
1. Stein asks Dawkins if there’s any way ID could be correct.
2. Dawkins says that it could only be true if aliens seeded earth with the first life.
3. Stein ridicules Dawkins.
4. Dawkins explains that ID proponents often mention that aliens could well have been responsible for the design they see in life.
5. You write a post significantly downplaying the fact that they (especially Dembski) say this.If Dawkins is ridiculed for bringing up aliens, why shouldn’t Dembski be ridiculed?
I think it’s wrong to say that Dawkins “gives away the store”. I don’t see how anyone could get that from what Dawkins said. If aliens seeded the first life on earth, the theory of evolution would still hold true.
Also, you cite your Google search as if that’s evidence that ID proponents rarely if ever say that aliens could have been the Designer. But your search was for a phrase in quotes. That’s the only way that Dawkins’ article could have been the only result. Dawkins wasn’t trying to quote anyone directly, he was simply saying that this is the kind of thing ID proponents have been known to say. I don’t see the point of searching for the phrase in quotes, except to dishonestly misrepresent the search results. Please explain this to me.
The links I sent show the kinds of things you would have found if you had searched in earnest for evidence of ID proponents citing the possibility of alien designers.
On an unrelated note, I work in SODO, not far from you guys. Isn’t it nice how the weather turned around today?
Jason
That was two days ago. I have yet to recieve a reply. He was pretty quick to answer my email when for all he knew I was just some raving lunatic. What’s going on now? Maybe I shouldn’t have mentioned that I work in SODO? Could that be construed as creepy? I was trying to be genteel. Maybe he got very busy after I sent my reply? I don’t know.
Stumble it!
April 30th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Oh, Jason. You are very genteel to write an apology to this man. Perhaps he is just busy, or perhaps he has discovered this site and is now emailing all his friends to rally against you. CONTROVERSY. It doesn’t matter, I am still with you, and so is the other person that reads this blog :)
April 30th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Oh Taisha. You are a good person.
May 1st, 2008 at 12:08 pm
It’s true the other person that reads this blog are all with you.
May 1st, 2008 at 12:11 pm
It’s nice to have so many two people to support me! That’s hard to find!