A new logo for the Discovery Institute


A parody of the Discovery Institute's logo from their website, made with MacOSaiX

One philosophy of the image mosaic is "The composite elements represent an aspect of the 'true face' of the larger image".
With this in mind, I give you...

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I don't know what to think about them. Do they know they're full of crap but excuse themselves from intellectual integrity in service of their spirituality and some dimly imagined greater good? Have they succumbed to the all-too-human tendency of self-delusion when confronted with the emotional upheaval that would be entailed by giving up their religion? Are they maniacal theocrats who expect to get a reward in the new Taliban-style government they're trying to usher in? Are they just stupid? I think these are all valid questions.

Whatever the case may be, it is my position that 'intelligent design', as its proponents have attempted to present it with varying degrees of clarity, must fundamentally be a non-materialist doctrine. I'm writing an essay on it, but the main point is this: the maxim "every apparent design has a designer" threatens an infinite regress. It must be circumvented by either natural means (which Darwin figured out) or by ...magic, I guess.

Posted: Tue - May 31, 2005 at 12:11 AM | | | |

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