The Biotic Message: Evolution Versus Message Theory

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Summary: Pretentious fluff masquerading as science
Review: Walter ReMine's "The Biotic Message" is a pretentious, arrogant and overbearing piece of fluff that presumes to know the answers while asking the wrong questions. As he proceeds into his criticisms of evolution, he presumes to tell us that it's both the creationists and the evolutionists who have gotten it wrong. Only he - Remine - seems to have found the answer, and he did so because he knows the sort of sleight-of-hand that is used by stage magicians. These stage magicians use their sleight-of-hand to project an illusion, and so does ReMine's "theory." That his sophistic presdigitation fools some is evident from some of the other reviews here, but no one with an ounce of scientific acumen will be fooled. ReMine's case is based almost totally on his own bizarre "observations" based on the idea that life points to a creator (which is just the old design argument revisited) and misused and misquoted material from conventional science sources, which adds to the illusion. This is a self-published volume, and it's obvious why. No self-respecting publisher would touch this one. Neither should any self-respecting reader who has any regard for science, philosophy or comparative religion.

Rating:
Summary: Pretentious fluff masquerading as science
Review: Walter ReMine's "The Biotic Message" is a pretentious, arrogant and overbearing piece of fluff that presumes to know the answers while asking the wrong questions. As he proceeds into his criticisms of evolution, he presumes to tell us that it's both the creationists and the evolutionists who have gotten it wrong. Only he - Remine - seems to have found the answer, and he did so because he knows the sort of sleight-of-hand that is used by stage magicians. These stage magicians use their sleight-of-hand to project an illusion, and so does ReMine's "theory." That his sophistic presdigitation fools some is evident from some of the other reviews here, but no one with an ounce of scientific acumen will be fooled. ReMine's case is based almost totally on his own bizarre "observations" based on the idea that life points to a creator (which is just the old design argument revisited) and misused and misquoted material from conventional science sources, which adds to the illusion. This is a self-published volume, and it's obvious why. No self-respecting publisher would touch this one. Neither should any self-respecting reader who has any regard for science, philosophy or comparative religion.