tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post4145179885404623812..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: A Project on Intelligent DesignAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-73051429406631531382007-06-23T15:03:00.000-06:002007-06-23T15:03:00.000-06:00Call for revision:"The science system gives you 1 ...Call for revision:<BR/><BR/>"The science system gives you 1 in 1,000,000 chance of choosing the right glass. The priest system gives you only a 1 in 2 chance of choosing the right glass."<BR/><BR/>Then any sane person would choose the priest over the science, cos 1:2 is much better than 1:1,000,000<BR/><BR/>Now, I understand that could still be a useful statement regarding the fake probability that gets used to defend ID; but still more effective to get people to understand that there are ways to see what is "fake"Patnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03028714603380383631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-42681073200572829382007-06-21T07:35:00.000-06:002007-06-21T07:35:00.000-06:00Good idea!I have to throw in a bit of justified pa...Good idea!<BR/><BR/>I have to throw in a bit of justified paranoia, though. You probably want to be proactive about making sure no copyrighted material (beyond fair use) makes it into the work, particularly if you allow anonymous contributions. It would be tragic if people put a great deal of time and effort into this book, only to have it be rendered unpublishable because a potential publisher would risk copyright infringement lawsuits over passages of questionable origin. And frankly, this seems like the kind of book that might have well-funded religious organizations <I>looking</I> for ways to impede its publication.<BR/><BR/>Does anybody know if, e.g., Wikipedia/Wikibooks has a process for dealing with such concerns? Surely they or some organization such as Creative Commons or the EFF has already produced a guide to copyright issues in open source publishing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-5122054926585404762007-06-20T13:48:00.000-06:002007-06-20T13:48:00.000-06:00It doesn't relate to the project directly, but to ...It doesn't relate to the project directly, but to educate parents who might be supportive of ID, I recommend <I>Darwin's God</I>, by Ken Miller. It provides great <B>Christian</B> reasons for opposing ID.<BR/><BR/>SinbadSinbadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116688014786297876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-49599519914848293932007-06-20T10:13:00.000-06:002007-06-20T10:13:00.000-06:00Hey - sounds like a good idea, and one that I've a...Hey - sounds like a good idea, and one that I've advocated, because it encourages critical thinking. Telling people to not talk about it is an abandonment.<BR/><BR/>Was gone for a while; decided that daily reading is still a good way of procrastinating, so expect me a-lurking.Patnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03028714603380383631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-77373773037216511932007-06-19T20:44:00.000-06:002007-06-19T20:44:00.000-06:00I'm sorry to say, I didn't read the entire post. B...I'm sorry to say, I didn't read the entire post. But, I'm wondering, would such a book be distributed to actual students and if so, by what means?D.R.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00374029395451457451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-63592700601586007262007-06-19T20:13:00.000-06:002007-06-19T20:13:00.000-06:00Hi Alonzo, It's possible that Wikibooks is appropr...Hi Alonzo, <BR/><BR/>It's possible that <A HREF="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page" REL="nofollow">Wikibooks</A> is appropriate for this project. Wikibooks is a sister project of Wikipedia, and it's mission is "to create a free collection of open-content textbooks that anyone can edit."<BR/><BR/>See <A HREF="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:What_is_Wikibooks" REL="nofollow">What is Wikibooks</A> for a description of what sort of books are permitted. Also note that books that are being developed on Wikibooks are subject to the Wikimedia Foundations <A HREF="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/WB:NPOV" REL="nofollow">Neutral Point of View</A> policy, and are licensed under the <A HREF="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:GNU_Free_Documentation_License" REL="nofollow"> GNU FDL</A>. <BR/><BR/>If you think Wikibooks is appropriate, I'd be happy to manage the creation of a new book. Please note that I have no intention of contributing content.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02807740289271448897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-83041145430596377632007-06-19T06:15:00.000-06:002007-06-19T06:15:00.000-06:00I think this sounds like an excellent project. A w...I think this sounds like an excellent project. A wiki of some sort definitely sounds like the perfect place to work from - as for which particular software, I have no idea!<BR/><BR/>As for the licensing of the content, I think that a project like this would be fantastic as a text book (as you intend), but it should certainly not be restricted to ONLY a text book. Perhaps licensing it under a Creative Commons license (No Derivatives, Non-Commercial) would work best? (although I'm not sure how a publisher would feel about that).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com