Challenging the Discovery Institute to Discover

If people like the Discovery Institute want to put forward hypotheses such as intelligent design as an origin for the information in DNA, then that's fine, but if they want it to be taken seriously, they must provide some evidence to support it. The user C0nc0rdance has provided exactly such a method for them to do this. Its simple, find a gene without an evolutionary heritage. The genomes of about 180 life forms have been sequenced containing maybe a million genes, and thus far the Discovery Institute has shown saintly resistance to look for a single gene that shows signs of non-evolutionary origin. If you are an Intelligent Design Proponenist and think this would be an excellent method for presenting evidence to support ID, then arguably your best course of action would be to contact the Discovery Institute ( http://www.discovery.org/ ) at info@discovery.org and suggest that the largest pro-intelligent design organisation actually looks for evidence to support their hypothesis. The core of this video was made by user C0nc0rdance http://www.youtube.com/user/C0... He makes excellent videos on science and defending science against dis-information. Personally I think the Discovery Institute will do their best to ignore this, after all they must have thought of this before, they just do not want to invalidate their hypothesis by trying.

Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: Thunderf00t

Length: 04:06
Rating: 4.670801
Views: 97176

Tags: Discovery Institute intelligent design evolution testing science theory hypothesis arena peer review genes genome DNA RNA proteins test information president steven meyer religion Christian Christianity creation teach the controversy strengths and weaknesses disinformation C0nc0rdance thunderf00t

Video Comments

jimbocidman (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Why do most of the vides 'debunking' science have comments and/or ratings Disabled? I'm guessing these guys KNOW that their assertions can Not withstand scrutiny. Any other suggestions why this is so?

ChipArgyle (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

If I'm intelligently designed, why do I have an appendix and a tailbone?

ReturnOfTheJam (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

For those unaware, Casey Luskin has already smashed this dishonest attack against the scientific revolution of Intelligent Design in his article, "Responding to the Youtube Challenge to Discovery Institute: Does Any Critic Out There Understand Intelligent Design? Anyone? ...Anyone?" The link to said article is here: goo.gl\DBEsJ My challenge to design-deniers: Why is it that every single argument you can muster against design theory must rely on flagrant dishonesty and attacks against science?

Waltham1892 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Blue Genes? Mr. Green Genes?

amarugarcia (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Casey Luskin also discriminates against new scientific approaches, after I sent him a 46 page scientific abstract, in which I claim it to be a mathematical proof for intelligent design? Dear Mr. Ruiz Garcia, Greetings and thanks for your e-mail. I reviewed your material and determined that it is outside the scope of what we do at Discovery Institute. Thanks and all the best. Sincerely, Casey Luskin So what should be considered to be inside the scope of what they do at Discovery Institute????

fdasherv (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I believe C0nc0rdence lost the the Discovery Institute with all that genetic jargon.

masala505 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@ThevanGoghBlues I feel your frustration....but stop being so reasonable. When reason and superstition collide - superstition will always win out, it's the nature of the beast. Thus arguing with creationists is simply flogging a dead horse.

Darkstar1484 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@ThevanGoghBlues Ok, sorry, your comments are a little hard to read so I wasn't quite sure who you were arguing against. Try reading some of the creationist posts and you'll see what I mean, sorry about that.,

Darkstar1484 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@ThevanGoghBlues Am I to take it that you're of the belief that humanity was poofed into existence by a mystical sky daddy?

iwanttocrashmybike (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@chadd990 Oh Conspiracy Theory in the Evolution vs ID theory's,well why not. Have you heard of Monsanto?-I have a video if your interested.