Talk:A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism

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Please correct my entry

My entry on this page reads

David Heddle, Ph. D. Physics, Carnegie Mellon University. Associate professor at Christopher Newport University, and has written the novel “Here, eyeball this” in which he defends his version of intelligent design; Google Scholar returns no scientific research. A proponent of cosmological intelligent design (e.g. the fine-tuning argument), Heddle has generally been skeptical of Intelligent design in biology. Has been in disagreement with Dembski, for instance, which resulted in Dembski booting him from his blog – teaching Heddle the hard way that the Intelligent Design movement is about public relations, not discussions of science.

Years ago I asked for my name to be withdrawn from the list. If you are maintaining a list of anyone who ever signed then it is fair--but it would seem reasonable to indicate that a person was removed by request.

Also,

Someone needs to be more careful when using Google Scholar. I publish under "D P Heddle" not David Heddle. The

correct search shows a decent though certainly not spectacular scientific output.

Also, while I discuss fine tuning in my novel, your description sends the message that it was a central theme of my novel. It wasn't. But that, I suppose, is subjective. Since I only sold a couple hundred copies it is certainly not important that you get it right. ^{— Unsigned, by: Heddle / talk / contribs}

Can you make an official statement, say, on your website or blog that you asked to have your name withdrawn from this list? That would make this much easier for us, thank you.--"Shut up, Brx." 14:33, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Dear David Heddle: Thanks for the update, and yes: the information is appreciated. Although the tone of the entries is sometimes a bit snarky, the primary purpose of the individual entries is not to shame the signatories (though some of them certainly deserve it) but to make the information here as useful as possible as a resource in discussions where the list comes up (which happens rather frequently). Your name is still on the official list according to the newest update from the Discovery Institute, but the fact that you have asked for your name to be withdrawn is exactly the kind of information that would be useful to have (you are not the only one who still appears on the list despite attempts to get your name removed). As for publication records I try to use various combinations and initials when I search google scholar, pubmed, and the various other resources (again, the goal is to be as accurate as possible), but it is unfortunately inevitable that some research records will elude me for some of authors (and yes, I'm the one who wrote the original entry).G.D. (talk) 06:01, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Non-creationists on the list

The only non-creationists I have found out of all of them are Eugene K. Balon and Mae-Wan Ho, the rest seem to support creationism or have links to intelligent design. Do you think we should mention this? DinoCrisis (talk) 20:47, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

Maybe - I take it that you mean "non-creationists" among the people with qualifications in biology (apart from C. Steve Murphree, who has denounced his earlier association with the list but not managed to have his name removed). There are quite a few non-creationists among the non-biologists here - Heddle is one, as he points out himself; others accept evolution but thinks that evolution fails to explain abiogenesis, which is not particularly surprising, or fails to account for absolutely everything, such as Patricia Reiff and Phillip Savage. Strictly speaking I suppose their views correspond to the letter of the petition, but certainly not with the spirit or the usages the Discotute has made of it. Do you, btw, know anything about where Martin Poenie stands at the moment? He seems to have been a bit back and forth with the Discotute in the past. G.D. (talk) 18:51, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

G.D. I have not been on rationalwiki since Novemeber 2012. I would continue to help you on this article and other evolution articles but I am too busy in real life. Something interesting about Mae-Wan Ho is that some of her ideas about evolution have proven to be correct regarding her views on epigenetics. You may be interested in this video [1]. Take care. DinoCrisis (talk) 02:41, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

Dishonesty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty1Bo6GmPqM DonExodus did a piece on this list wherein he found out that of the list contains mostly scientist that were tricked into signing. Think we should mention this? Greatnecro (talk) 17:50, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Yes, if you believe it's a credible source. Out of convenience alone, I prefer non-youtube sources since they're easier to scan at my own pace. In any event, it seems worthy of a sentence or so at the end of the opening paragraph. MarmotHead (talk) 18:14, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

B section is messed up

The B section of this page appears to have been messed up by FuzzyCatPotato back in July. Maybe FCP can fix it? Bongolian (talk) 06:35, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

we could just link to the petition.

i mean wholly fuck that is long list. multiple people appear to have contributed. are they/were they ok? did some one check this isnt someones mental health break down? its crazy long. its the names of people who signed a petition. thats generally what petitions consist of. we are duplicating the petition here. we could just link to the thing. might have saved someone a lot time they shant get back. bravo for your work and dedication and all. but holy christ what for? AMassiveGay (talk) 22:03, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

Well, it's not JUST a reproduction of the petition ad verbatim. There is some commentary to show how unqualified these people are, stuff like this:

"Jeanne Drisko, Clinical Assistant Professor of Alternative Medicine, University of Kansas, School of Medicine. Developed the Program in Integrative Medicine at the Kansas University School of Medicine, and has been instrumental in developing research projects in the area of CAM therapies. Involved in chelation therapy. Has a page on Quackwatch,[87] which emphasizes her thoroughly anti-scientific outlook. Has no understanding, aptitude, or sympathy for science."

It is, indeed, very long, but I do feel like it's an epic rebuttal for exactly that reason. (Though I do agree with you AMG that it's MIND NUMBINLGY huge. Like sheesh... be here all year parsing through it.) - Rairyu75 (Talk) 22:12, 31 July 2021 (UTC)