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Intelligent Designers’ nonsense, part n

William Dembski, ID proponent, controversially reported a scientist to Homeland Security over claims of overpopulation's consequences.

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I had to read this page twice, because the first time I thought it was a satire. William Dembksi is perhaps ID's most vocal proponent. His blog (I won't link to it, ewww) is so full of holes you could ride a Galapagos turtle through them. But he's now gone much farther than simply mislead people with fallacious logic: according to that link above, he's reported a scientist to Homeland Security. That link above, written by my friend Wes Elsberry, tells this tale. Read the page, but here's a brief synopsis. This (real) scientist, Eric Pianka, says (I am paraphrasing) that humans have so overpopulated the Earth that we are soon due for a "crash", as most populations which get too big often do. It means a huge die-off, as much as 90% of a population dying. Mind you, he is simply saying this is a typical biological situation of ...

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