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Prof Denied Funds Over Evolution Evidence

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that-would-have-been-a-fun-after-meeting-beer dept.

radarsat1 writes "The Montreal Gazette today reported that a professor at Montreal's McGill University was refused a $40,000 grant, allegedly because 'he'd failed to provide the panel with ample evidence that Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is correct.' Ironically, the grant was for a study into the detrimental effects of intelligent design on Canadian academics and leaders." From the article: "Jennifer Robinson, McGill's associate vice-principal for communications, said the university has asked the SSHRC to review its decision to reject Alters's request for money to study how the rising popularity in the United States of 'intelligent design' - a controversial creationist theory of life - is eroding acceptance of evolutionary science in Canada."

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  1. It seems to me... by liliafan · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Without trying to cause a flamewar, it seems to me the grant is justified, so long as the board is also willing to provide a grant to a theologist that is trying to prove creationism or intelligent design. Refusing to allow someone a grant to research a subject that causes such differing opinion is fairly small minded.

    Just so I clear this up I believe in evolution, however, I also firmly believe in God, I see no reason why both theories cannot co-exist, even the vatican support this view.

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    1. Re:It seems to me... by cubicledrone · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      First define "love", then we can decide if it exists or not. Until then its just a mouth noise.

      Well, you just swerved into the idiot zone, but we have some lovely parting gifts. Tell 'em what they've won, Bob!

      NEXT!

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  2. No Problem by 123abc · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Due to the ample proof for evolution, he should have no problem coming up with the necessary information to get the grant, right?

    He has nothing to worry about, right?

    There is proof, right?

  3. Re:What theory? by cubicledrone · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Notice that anyone who questions the absolute truth according to science is modded down?

    Nothing like shouting down the dissent in order to arrive at the truth.

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  4. Re:Have you heard the gospel? by LordOfTheNoobs · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    One would presume that the visible tags are merely a sampling of private tags chosen due to popularity, and therefore anything can be a tag, as long as enough people are silly enough to write it in.

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  5. The Real Topic by Moulton · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The Real Topic is how people form their beliefs, including how they model the beliefs of others with whom they are not very familiar.

    I've been collecting evidence about how you form beliefs about other people, Don.

    I believe your methods could stand to be a tad more scientific, Don.

    Take, for example, a famous fairy tale, known as the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliette. In that story, the central characters form erroneous beliefs and act on them as if they were accurate, without bothering to check their veracity. The outcome, of course, is tragedy.

    I have a question for you, Don. Why are you so eager to conclude that I hold untenable beliefs? What's in it for you, if you can assert that someone else is laboring under a misconception?

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    1. Re:The Real Topic by Moulton · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Don, don't you think it's a little late in the game to begin asking people what they believe, after spending weeks publishing ridiculous claims about other people's beliefs?

      What I want to know, Don, is what kind of jollies you get out of disseminating undemonstrated claims about other people's beliefs.

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    2. Re:The Real Topic by Moulton · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Don, I've been reading your ridiculous claims about other people's beliefs for weeks now.

      I came here to discover how you come to form ridiculous notions about other people's beliefs.

      It occurs to me that you are operating very much like GWB. You appear to decide in advance what you want to believe about others, and then you convince yourself that your theories about others are grounded.

      What I want to know, Don, is why do you do that? What are you trying to learn by adopting such an appallingly unscientific practice?

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  6. Re:Quote from a play nobody else has ever seen by vistic · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    "Frankly, I myself am *more* awed at God's power than I would have been if I was a strict Creationist, merely because I believe he designed all this immense complexity"
    ...

    O Lord, ooh, You are so big, so absolutely huge. Gosh, we're all really impressed down here, I can tell You. Forgive us, O Lord, for this, our dreadful toadying, and barefaced flattery. But You're so strong and, well, just so super. Fantastic! Amen.

  7. Re:Have you heard the gospel? by FuzzyBad-Mofo · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Creationism ~= FSM

    You may not like it, but the two "belief systems" are equally valid. Therefore, the "fsm" tag is appropriate.