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Mission Statement

FAQ

Organization


MISSION STATEMENT:

iDesign Club at UCI seeks to foster scientific discussions regarding the origins of life and the universe. Theories such as Darwinian evolution, intelligent design, and creationism will be critically analyzed.


FAQ:

Q: WHAT IS THIS CLUB ABOUT?

Origins! We are interested in discussing alternative theories to the origins of biological structures. While the current mainstream theory in academia is Darwinian evolution, we would also like to discuss other viable ideas, such as intelligent design.

Q: WHO CAN BE A MEMBER OF THIS CLUB?

Anybody! Students of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Anthropology, and Philosophy may especially find this club intriguing. However, you do not need to have a science background to be an effective member of this club.

Q: WHEN AND WHERE ARE CLUB MEETINGS?

Please check blog entries for time and place.

Q: WHAT IS THE MEMBERSHIP FEE?

Nothing! There are no membership dues.

Q: IS THIS CLUB BIASED TOWARDS ONE SPECIFIC THEORY OF ORIGINS?

Perhaps. Ponder the name of this club. This club is ideologically the mirror of another club at UCI, the Students for Science and Skepticism. However, our main goal is to give a balanced view of the controversy regarding the origins of life so that students can come to an informed conclusion themselves.

Q: WHAT DOES THE LETTER "i" STAND FOR IN iDESIGN?

Good question -- the answer is intelligent.

Q: WHERE IS THE CLUB CONSTITUTION?

We adhere to the minimum constitution that was provided by the Dean of Students. In the future, we plan to draft a comprehensive constitution and bylaws.

Q: IS iDESIGN AFFILIATED WITH ANY ORGANIZATION?

No. However, we are friends with the IDEA Center


ORGANIZATION:

PRESIDENT:
Arthur
Information and Computer Science

VICE PRESIDENT:
Brian
Biology / English

DIRECTOR:
Andrew
English / Economics



Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Hodgepodge of Links

Here are some links that are pretty interesting:
  • Alvin Plantinga (a famous philosopher) critiques the Dover decision.
  • Here is an instance of the "Lazarus Effect": an "extint" rodent is found to exist.
  • Paul Nelson talks about the superiority of contingent methodological naturalism over axiomatic methodological naturalism.
  • Students from various universites debate whether ID should be taught in public school science classes.
  • 69% of Americans support teaching intelligent design along with evolution in public schools, according to a Zogby poll.
  • Here is an [Warning: PDF] interesting abstract which recognizes the ability of cells to perform natural genetic engineering (HT: Design Watch).
  • Here is what an interesting PNAS paper claims: We found that published statements, regardless of their verity, tend to interfere with interpretation of the subsequent experiments and, therefore, can act as scientific ‘‘microparadigms,’’ similar to dominant scientific theories (HT: CEH).
  • Templeton Prize winner John Barrow (an advocate of the anthropic principle) has an interesting statement online: There are some who say that just because we use our minds to appreciate the order and complexity of the Universe around us that there is nothing more to that order than what is imposed by the human mind. That is a serious misjudgement.

Posted by Art at 1:00 AM

2 Comments:

Blogger Endoplasmic Messenger said...
I think more discussion would ensue if each of these was posted in its own blog entry...
3/21/2006 4:44 AM
Blogger Art said...
I think you are right. I should have split it up into more entries.
3/22/2006 4:15 PM

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