Discovery Institute loses one

Well that's what I'm asking. How do you know? Link?

i'm not sure. wanna email him?

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Robert C Davidson;
Associate Professor Emeritus, Medicine/Division of Nephrology
Scribner Kidney Ceter
rcraigdmd(AT)aol.com

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i love the internet sometimes. i've removed the phone number, of course, so that we don't get a lot of people bothering him during office hours.This message has been edited by arachnophilia, 08-27-2005 12:32 AM

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because I saw it several years ago.I don't expect you to take my word for it. I expect YOU to go find out if you are really that concerned. perhaps you could e-mail DI and ask when he joined?I also know that the list is continually misrepresented as supporting ID -- do you agree that it doesn't?

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It would be interesting to e-mail each one on the list and get an update ...... and see if they want to endorse my pro-ID statement ...

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the list i found was updated july 2005, and he's still on it.just for fun, here's the join page: http://www.discovery.org/membershipReg/

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Membership Type:
Annual Member - $50 (Pick 1 Free DVD below)
Associate Member - $100 (Pick 1 Free DVD below)
Discovery Society Membership - $300 (Get All 3 DVDs Below)
Patron Member - $500 (Get All 3 DVDs Below)
President's Club - $1000 (Get All 3 DVDs Below)

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it certainly is an EXPENSIVE non-profit organization. maybe all of that money goes to their "non-partisan" lobbying efforts...

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wanna make a project of this? we could probably turn up the emails of each and every one of these people. faculty directories are suprisingly handy. i mean, we know where people like behe and dembsky stand, but it's be interesting to see how many of the less-well-known people don't actually agree totally.

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Damn, too slow. I found the list also that had Davidson on it. And no, I generally don't take anyones word for it without some evidence, that's the creo method isn't it?

Sounds interesting, might even get some media attention with the results.

how do you know anyone was added?on the steve list you can see the dates behind the names. (591 as of 8/26/05)and compare the DI statement to the one for the Steve List: No quibbling there.

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Agreed. The problem as I see it is that no-one I know of kept a record of the DI list when it first appeared for comparison (and to log the date). To begin with it is a logical fallacy that it really means anything: the statement does not endorse ID, just being skeptical, and it is an argument from authority and thus invalid logically. The opinions of 1,000,000 scientists are irrelevant in the face of evidence.It is easy to {save} a new version and {update} the list periodically to make it appear {new\improve\supersized}, so this {updated} means little without supporting evidence of new additions.but I also would suggest that if Davidson's name is still on it that they don't have a replacement since he "resigned" ... just a thought.

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*shrug* i dunno. it's not a very good list. i didn't make it. yeah. lot less quibbling matterial. but then, the other list is all about quibbling, isn't it? it's arguing the acceptance of something almost no one is seriously debating in the scientific community. and they need as many members as possible, so the statements have to be as vague as possible -- meaning some people might have signed when it doesn't reflect their beliefs.such as davidson.

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In this Article they mention adding people recently.

yeah, it would be an interesting thing to do.i'm sure it'd probably make potm over at t.o. if someone were to cross-post it.edit: actually, my little brother is looking for a science fair project... maybe i'll suggest it to him. having a kid ask the questions might be more effective.This message has been edited by arachnophilia, 08-26-2005 09:50 PM

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just what I need, another project ... know any good sources of cardboard?http://EvC Forum: Freewayblogger.com

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yeah, but this one would involve a lot less paper and magic markers.

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