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0718894200
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9780718894207
Date of Publication
2016-09-29
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Paperback / softback
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The Not-So-Intelligent Designer: Why Evolution Explains the Hu...
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Abby Hafer
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Publisher
Lutterworth Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0718894200
ISBN-13
9780718894207
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219909220

Product Key Features

Book Title
Not-So-Intelligent Designer : Why Evolution Explains the Human Body and Intelligent Design Does Not
Number of Pages
244 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Life Sciences / Biology, Philosophy, Religion & Science
Publication Year
2016
Illustrator
Winkler, Alexander, Yes
Genre
Religion, Science
Author
Abby Hafer
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
9 in
Item Weight
13 Oz
Item Length
3.5 in
Item Width
6 in

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Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"For an adequate account of the world, we must take a sober look at life as it really is. Hafer shows that things are a whole lot messier and makeshift than what some intelligent design theories would incline us to believe. This book has the potential not only to alter the political terrain in wars over evolution and creationism but also to prompt believers like me to rethink how we should talk about God as Creator."Thomas Jay Oord, author of 'Divine Grace and Emerging Creation'"I've been dreaming of a politically edgy treatment of intelligent design and here it is at last. Abby Hafer is acutely intelligent and wonderfully witty. Read this book and laugh your way to clarity and wisdom."Wesley J. Wildman, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts"A delightful exploration of the quirks of our bodies which make biology so much fun, evolution so fascinating, life so explicable, and intelligent-design creationism so preposterous."Steven Pinker, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts"Three cheers for Abby Hafer! She did it and no one thought it could be done! She wrote a devastating critique of intelligent design that is clear, funny, scientifically accurate, and charming. Her book is a marvel of how popular science should be written. Oh! Were there more scientific writers like Abby ..."Michael Martin, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts"The Not-So-Intelligent Designer is a much-needed work in an America where anti-intellectualism is rampant and, shockingly, even candidates for high office frequently reject evolution. Abby Hafer has that rare ability to communicate complex scientific ideas in understandable terms for non-scientists, and this book is sure to enlighten many."David Niose, author of Fighting Back the Right"Hafer's book is a valuable contribution to debunking the claims of intelligent design and the notion of one or more gods intervening in the physics and biology of the real world. She writes in an engaging style that entertains as well as informs. I enthusiastically recommend it."Ellery Schempp, plaintiff, Abington School District v. Schempp; PhD, Chemical Physics, Brown University"Intelligent design creationism is a dangerously successful political ideology - they've passed laws, co-opted high school teachers, and nearly half the population identifies as creationist. The Not-So-Intelligent Designer is a guidebook on how intelligent design fails, from unintelligently designed testes to intelligent design's unconstitutional religious agenda."Zack Kopplin, organizer of the campaign to repeal the Louisiana Science Education Act, Baton Rouge, LA"Hafer's ingenious strategy for dealing with creationists/intelligent design proponents has them by the balls!"John W. Loftus, author of 'Why I Became An Atheist'"The Not-So-Intelligent Designer is a scholarly book that is accessible and intelligible to the general reader. It is especially a must read for adherents of religious traditions who embrace modern science. Hafer does a masterful job of defining science, i.e. a way of knowing characterized by the formulation of a hypothesis, the gathering of evidence, drawing of conclusions, and repeating the experiment. She shows in a compelling way that the conclusions of advocates of intelligent design are beyond the purview of science. In fact, she provides a convincing demonstration of how the battles over intelligent design are over the nature of science itself."Leslie A. Muray, Curry College, Milton, MA
Dewey Decimal
213
Synopsis
Why do men's testicles hang outside the body? Why does our appendix sometimes explode and kill us? And who does the Designer like better, anyway - us, or squid? These and other questions are addressed in The Not-So-Intelligent Designer. Dr. Abby Hafer argues that the human body has many faulty design features that would never have been the choice of an intelligent creator. She also points out other animals that got better body parts, which makes the Designer look a bit strange; discusses the history and politics of Intelligent Design and creationism; reveals animals that shouldn't exist according to Intelligent Design; and disposes of the idea of irreducible complexity. Her points are illustrated with pictures (by Alexander Winkler), wit, and erudition., A witty and accessible dissection of the failure of Intelligent Design creationism, showing its inability to explain many basic features of human anatomy and highlighting its origins as a political rather than a scientific movement.
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