Dr. Don Johnson (with earned Ph.D.s in both informational and natural sciences), the founder of Science Integrity, once believed anyone not accepting the "proven" evolutionary scenario that was ingrained during his science education was of the same mentality as someone believing in a flat earth. With continued scientific investigation, paying closer attention to actual data (rather than speculative conclusions), he began to doubt the natural explanations that had been so ingrained in a number of key areas including the origin and fine-tuning of mass and energy, the origin of life with its complex information content, and the increase in complexity in living organisms. It was science, and not religion, that caused his disbelief in the explanatory powers of undirected nature. The fantastic leaps of faith required to accept the undirected natural causes in these areas demand a scientific response to the scientific-sounding concepts that in fact have no known scientific basis. Scientific integrity needs to be restored so that ideas that have no methods to test or falsify are not considered part of science.
Service Activities
Intelligent Design Presentations cover topics from natural and informational sciences and address questions like:
Can undirected natural processes account for mass, energy, life, or speciation?
What is the role of chance? Are we just incredibly lucky?
What is information and what does it have to do with life?
What is Intelligent Design and why is it important?
Targeted audience will have an interest in science, but need not have a scientific degree.
Example video: The Information of Life (.5 GB) or excerpts
"I attended Dr. Johnson's lecture last night on intelligent design - which he presents as pure science,... densely packed with scientific data, and providing unique insights from Don's extensive background in information theory. He explains our DNA-based biology as an a priori information system, and shows the double helix inside the cells building engineered machines of "irreducible complexity." I recommend the series, and look forward to hearing more of his in-depth exploration of the cell on Saturday." Janet Marchant.
"I have heard many wonderful arguments for intelligent design in our universe, but Dr. Johnson was the first presenter that based this conclusion on the laws of information science. I was amazed to hear and see principals clearly pointing to intelligent design that weren’t based on biology... a message that is unique in the area of intelligent design." Susan Fleming
Debates on Intelligent Design
Typically debate forum is a secular college, with both pro and anti-ID stances presented .
Advisor on lntelligent Design (for a schoolboard, for example)
Avoiding "religious" (creationism) pitfalls and highlighting scientific evidence
Distribute educational material
Such as Probability's Nature and Nature's Probability: A Call to Scientific Integrity
and Probability's Nature and Nature's Probability – Lite: A Sequel for the Non-Scientist and a Clarion Call to Scientific Integrity
Science Integrity
5002 Holly Tree Rd
Wilmington, NC 28409
Phone: (952)583-0106
Email: don@scienceintegrity.net