Comments on: The Design of the Universe http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/12/07/the-design-of-the-universe/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:58:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: phmag http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/12/07/the-design-of-the-universe/#comment-122251 phmag Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:07:12 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=8443#comment-122251 Very, very well put crystalsinger. Very, very well put crystalsinger.

]]> By: crystalsinger http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/12/07/the-design-of-the-universe/#comment-122180 crystalsinger Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:25:12 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=8443#comment-122180 Such a pity that Dr. Smoot keeps saying 'designs' rather than 'structures'. Yes, he's at an Art & Design School, but there will be many who will seek to link his casual use of the terms 'creation', 'design', and 'designer' with their agenda of promoting Creationism (a.k.a. "Intelligent Design"). It's not clear to me from my reading whether Dr. Smoot personally is religious, but it would be nice if he would take care in the words he chooses to describe the phenomena that his analysis of the data has revealed. Such a pity that Dr. Smoot keeps saying ‘designs’ rather than ’structures’. Yes, he’s at an Art & Design School, but there will be many who will seek to link his casual use of the terms ‘creation’, ‘design’, and ‘designer’ with their agenda of promoting Creationism (a.k.a. “Intelligent Design”).

It’s not clear to me from my reading whether Dr. Smoot personally is religious, but it would be nice if he would take care in the words he chooses to describe the phenomena that his analysis of the data has revealed.

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