Evolution of the Intelligent Blog Design

Well, Creationism is all over the Blogosphere (again). If you have not already read recent threads on Daily Kos, here are the URLs - they are worth reading, and contain many good links to external sources:


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/12/26/23257/916
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/12/15/211136/34
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/12/12/23317/404
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/12/17/13944/893
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/12/17/215454/22

...and there are a couple of new ones, "live" today:

Response to believer in ID
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/12/28/174049/60

The ID Fraud: "Intelligent Design" For Non-Dummies
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/12/28/124656/45


Publius chimes in with an excellent post:
THE "LOGIC" OF INTELLIGENT DESIGN
http://lawandpolitics.blogspot.com/2004_12_01_lawandpolitics_archive.html#110418190988646354


A lively discussion, with some excellent additional links is going on on Pharyngula:
Open Evolution/Creationism Thread
http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/comments/open_evolution_and_creationism_thread/


Folks at Panda's thumb have an interesting take on the recent article on Washington Post:
Is ID unfairly portrayed?
http://www.pandasthumb.org/pt-archives/000694.html


Here comes a strange post - can someone enlighten me?
Bridging Evolution and Intelligent Design
http://birthofaworld.blogspot.com/2004/12/bridging-evolution-and-intelligent.html


To see the underlying unity of all faces of conservatism, read this article:

Bush, the Neocons and Evangelical Christian Fiction
http://www.counterpunch.org/urban11182004.html

...and for a better look at our side, read this (hat tip to Chris Mooney):
Cornell Evolution Project
http://www.cornellevolutionproject.org/


How it fits in with general anti-intellectualism? read this article:

Careful Not to Get Too Much Education...Or You Could Turn Liberal
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1228-32.htm

...and comments to it:

Too Much Education = Turning Liberal
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/12/28/174049/60


If you are interested in some really cool science and some really intelligent biology, read new Carl Zimmer's post about Cope's Law (it has link to his article in tomorrow's NYTimes):

All the News That's Too Big To Print
http://www.corante.com/loom/archives/all_the_news_thats_too_big_to_print.ph


For more cool science, perhaps you want to pick some of the best PZMyer's posts from the past year:

Fave Science Posts of the Year
http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/comments/great_science_posts_of_the_year/


Also, the new issue of the medical carnival, the "Grand Rounds #14", is now online, full of really cool medical stories:
http://www.codeblog.com/archives/the_scoop/grand_rounds_14th_edition.htm


Not to be outdone, philosophers have put together the new issue of their Carnival, on the delightful Mixing Memory blog:

Philosophers' Carnival VII: The Holiday Edition
http://mixingmemory.blogspot.com/2004/12/philosophers-carnival-vii-holiday.html