There have been three Daily (pseudo)Science Updates from the Institute for Creation Research since I last had long enough to systematically make fun of them. First: Quasars Wednesday’s DpSU was called Water Near Edge of Universe Bolsters Creation Cosmology. It has in fact been so long since then that two other wordpress blogs that I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Cosmology’
1 Jul
Remember That Sky Map?
Here it is again: Yes, Brian Thomas is today using a similar study, which (apparently) shows that the “Universe’s Matter Is Too Clumpy“. Amusingly, the study’s primary author’s name is Shaun Thomas, which is going to make this rather difficult… Brian Thomas says: [Shaun] Thomas and his colleagues used data from the Sloan Digital Sky [...]
27 Jun
More Galaxies – DpSU
Another astronomy/cosmology related DpSU today. Apparently, “‘Wildly Unexpected’ Galaxies Defy Simple Naturalistic Explanations“. I see problems already…
12 Jun
3D Sky Map and the Latest in DpSU’s
I would hope that you are all aware of the recent (ish) map from the 2MASS Redshift Survey. If not, take a look: According to Brian Thomas, ‘Science’ Writer at the ICR, this map “Shows Big Bang Even More Unlikely“. This article is a borderline Type AE (see the Terminology page) in that Mr Thomas [...]
9 Jun
Star Struck – Quick DpSU
A survey of the centre of the Galaxy by Hubble has revealed a number of “Young Blue Stars”, which Brian Thomas claims could not exist in “standard long-age cosmologies”. They also don’t like the explanation for the star’s formation: long-age astronomers have been forced to resort to a non-explanation that is indistinguishable from an appeal [...]
31 May
Available Energy Decreases Over Time
Another quick one. The reason? I almost agree with it. This is the part that I agree with, more or less: There is less available energy today then there was yesterday. The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that the entropy of an isolated system, such as the universe, that is not in equilibrium will tend to [...]
31 May
More Turtles on the Menu, Folks!
According to the Law of Conservation of Energy, and now the ICR, Energy Cannot Naturally Be Created Or Destroyed. You’ll note that they differ from the usual phrase by the word ‘Naturally’. The author contends that the universe contains energy, and energy cannot be created, therefore God (or in this case, “our supernatural Creator”). This [...]
28 May
The Universe Was Created Powerfully – Or, You Can’t Get Something From Nothing
Turtles, anyone? So the premise of this article is twofold. You need a lot of ‘power’ to start a universe The universe is fine tuned for life You know, the usual. The argument from fine tuning has already been done to death, so I shan’t cover it here. As for the power argument, here’s the [...]
26 May
Quick DpSU’s #1
Here’re some quickies: Self-Cloning Lizards Fit for Survival So, some lizards can reproduce by a system akin to cloning - parthenogenesis – and this can be created in the lab. Also, “evolution has no useful explanation for the origin of sexual reproduction, let alone unisexual.” This isn’t useful in itself. Sure, the field is not settled, but what is? [...]
24 May
The Universe Has a Centre (apparently)
I shall begin with their existing “Evidence for Creation”. I’ll skip “Evidence for God” and “Truth”, as I’m not interested in that kind of argument (it should be evident that the ICR, unlike the Discovery Institute, make no attempt to hide their fundamental reliance on scripture) and I’ll leave “from Nature” for later. First and [...]
