#56064: — 01/03  at  01:04 PM
Case Dept. of Biology website has the url:

http://www.case.edu/artsci/biol/debate.htm

mms://mv-helix1.cwru.edu/wmtencoder/caselivewm.wmv (Webcast)

#56068: ekzept — 01/03  at  01:34 PM
BTW, it's from a questionable source,

http://www.evolutionnews.org/2006/01/schlafly_criticizes_judge_jone.html

but there's a podcast

http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/filesDB-download.php?command=download&id=621

of a debate between Stephen Meyer and Peter Ward.

#56074: Orac — 01/03  at  01:59 PM
Good to see my alma mater hosting something like this. (I did my Ph.D. in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at CWRU and my surgery residency at University Hospitals of Cleveland, which is affiliated with CWRU).

#56076: Prof. Bleen — 01/03  at  02:24 PM
Thanks for finding the link to the Webcast! I will be attending this evening, and will take notes, especially on anything that might not show up in the Webcast.

#56081: The Inoculated Mind — 01/03  at  03:36 PM
I, too, will be trying to watch/listen to it, but I doubt Dembski will show.

#56084: — 01/03  at  03:51 PM
The latest issue of The Economist has a positive lead article on evolution. They call "Darwinism" a "secular religion" and think that's a good thing!

#56109: Eva Young — 01/03  at  08:10 PM
Well it started with a prayer. So was Dembski the opponent who bravely ran away? Maybe he was squatting in the bushes to watch a la Michele Bachmann....

#56110: — 01/03  at  08:13 PM
What a wonderful talk! Miller is articulate and personable. I particulary enjoyed the stories from the Kitzmiller trial. The statement that Miller was cross-examined on his early writing and his web site links rather than on his direct trial testimony is especially telling. ID has no “there” there.

Also, I am pleased to mention that I could answer in the affirmative regarding the question of the uniqueness of human chromosome 2 because I had attended a talk by PZ Meyers in Minneapolis where he discussed it. Fascinating stuff. Evolution appears the only real explanation for what we see.

LM Wanderer

#56114: smijer — 01/03  at  08:44 PM
Miller did a great job. Like LM Wanderer, I was able to answer in the affirmative on human chromosome #2, but for me it was because I read scigirl's famous post on the II boards.

Since a lot of the talk was about subjects I've followed closely and was already familiar with, I was most taken by his points about the need for good science popularizers. That's why it's great to have PZ Myers & others like him in the blogosphere, and have the big boys like Atrios linking him now & again.

Good stuff... I'm energized to work on this stuff in my little corner now...

#56142: — 01/04  at  01:45 AM
For those who missed it (I was there! Woohoo!) I'm scouting around to see if the webcast will be available in an archive somewhere.

RBH

#56145: Eva Young — 01/04  at  02:08 AM
I'm hoping that Miller will post his powerpoint presentation. It was an excellent talk.

#56146: Eva Young — 01/04  at  02:24 AM
I agree - that's why I like PZ's blog. I also like Brian Greene's books on Physics.

#56230: Joseph ODonnell — 01/04  at  02:12 PM
So has anyone gotten word as to why Dembski didn't bother showing up? I thought the general ID propaganda spreaders never refused an opportunity to debate when given the chance. Did the Dover trial knock them that stupid?

#56285: — 01/04  at  04:30 PM

The statement that Miller was cross-examined on his early writing and his web site links rather than on his direct trial testimony is especially telling. ID has no “there” there.

Interesting conclusion, since Miller spent some time during his talk on earlier unpublished edits of "Pandas" that were at issue in the trial. I would think earlier published versions of his textbook might be relevant as well.