Pigliucci further claimed that " some of the historical claims found in the ICR museum are also stunning and show how easily ideology gets the better of accuracy.

Pigliucci also criticized Morris ' interpretation of thermodynamics.

Amongst the refutations Pigliucci noted several mistakes Wells made and outlined how Wells ' oversimplified some issues to the detriment of the subject.

" In 2005, Pigliucci debated Wells on Uncommon Knowledge on broader issues of evolution and intelligent design.

* A reasonably short guide to Wells ' " icons " of evolution, and why they are not what he claims by Massimo Pigliucci

Pigliucci said Wells that " clearly lied " during his debates and misrepresented his agenda and science, as well as not understanding some of the theories he tries to attack.

Pigliucci notes that any research conducted within the ICR's policy framework is prescribed at the outset by Biblical literalism, and thus antithetical to the methods and framework used by scientists.

Massimo Pigliucci ( born January 16, 1964 ) is the chair of the Department of Philosophy at CUNY-Lehman College.

As a philosopher, Pigliucci is interested in the structure and foundations of evolutionary theory, the relationship between science and philosophy, and the relationship between science and religion.

Pigliucci is an atheist, and while he considers atheism a perfectly respectable metaphysical position, he believes that science does not necessarily demand atheism, because of the distinction between methodological and philosophical naturalism and the distinction between matters of fact and value judgments.

Professor Massimo Pigliucci, a professor of ecology and evolution at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, has criticized ICR for professing to present the same science as that taught in secular universities while at the same time requiring students and faculty to sign a statement of faith to ICR's fundamentalist religious mission, most notably in affirming conformity in all its work to Biblical doctrine.

* No Icons of Evolution: A Review of by evolutionary biologist Massimo Pigliucci

However, as biologist Massimo Pigliucci noted, geologists in the 1980s " clearly demonstrated that no human being left those prints ," but rather " they were in fact metatarsal dinosaur tracks, together with a few pure and simple fakes.

As examples, Pigliucci cites ICR scientist Harold Slusher resorting to non-Euclidean and non-Einsteinian explanations of light travel to reconcile the vast distances light travels in space with the brief timescale given in young earth creationism, and the association adopted by the ICR between the second principle of thermodynamics and the Bible's account of the fall of Adam.

Creationist publications have been criticized by scientists, such as Massimo Pigliucci, as " nonsense " in their attempt to blend faith with empirical fact.

Other brights include Amy Alkon, Sheldon Lee Glashow, Babu Gogineni, Edwin Kagin, Mel Lipman, Piergiorgio Odifreddi, Air America Radio talk show host Lionel and Massimo Pigliucci.

Massimo Pigliucci, who has debated Gish five times, said that he ignores evidence contrary to his religious beliefs.

In 2002, Massimo Pigliucci devoted part of his Denying Evolution to refuting each point presented in Icons of Evolution.

In 2005 he debated Massimo Pigliucci on the PBS talk show Uncommon Knowledge.

Pigliucci recognizes three classes of definition, depending on timescale.

* Griffiths, P. & Gray, R., 2004, « The Developmental Systems Perspective: Organism-environment systems as units of development and evolution », in Pigliucci, M. & Preston, K.

Pigliucci was born in Monrovia, Liberia, although he was raised in Rome, Italy.

Pigliucci was formerly a professor of ecology and evolution at Stony Brook University.

Pigliucci writes regularly for Skeptical Inquirer on topics such as climate change denial.

Pigliucci serves on the board of NYC Skeptics and on the advisory board of the Secular Coalition for America.

and he wrote also the masterpiece of frontier humor, `` The Big Bear Of Arkansas '', in which earthy realism is placed alongside the exaggeration of the backwoods tall-tale and the awe with which man contemplates the grandeur and the mysteries of nature.

Mr. Burlingham, -- `` C.C.B. '' -- wrote to me once about an old friend of mine, S. K. Ratcliffe, whom I had first met in London in 1914 and who also came out for a week-end in Weston.

It also happened with the Inauguration, which was not re-run at all during the evening hours, and I wrote to the TV editor of the Times.

Not content to create only the music and lyrics, Noel Coward also wrote the book and directed Sail Away ( Capitol WAO 1643 ; ;

Averroes, Avicenna and Alpharabius, who wrote on Aristotle in great depth, also influenced Thomas Aquinas and other Western Christian scholastic philosophers.

He also frequently wrote screenplays for other directors.

He also wrote:

While accompanying Mallowan on countless archaeological trips ( spending up to 3 – 4 months at a time in Syria and Iraq at excavation sites at Ur, Ninevah, Tell Arpachiyah, Chagar Bazar, Tell Brak, and Nimrud ), Christie not only wrote novels and short stories, but also contributed work to the archaeological sites, more specifically to the archaeological restoration and labeling of ancient exhibits which includes tasks such as cleaning and conserving delicate ivory pieces, reconstructing pottery, developing photos from early excavations which later led to taking photographs of the site and its findings, and taking field notes.

In addition, he wrote that each person will experience a world of their own, though he also wrote that the dream world doesn't necessarily have to be solipsistic as different selves may be able to communicate with each other by dream telepathy.

In 1904, he also wrote a novel, Born Again, clearly inspired by the popular Utopian fantasy Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy, an early harbinger of the metaphysical turn his career would take with the theory of Lawsonomy.

Ambrose also wrote a treatise by the name of " The Goodness of Death ".

Alcott also wrote a series patterned after the work of German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe which were eventually published in the Transcendentalists ' journal, The Dial.

He also wrote a Vita Abbonis, abbatis Floriacensis, the last of a series of lives of the abbots of Fleury, all of which, except the life of Abbo, have been lost.

He also wrote Sapphic stanzas on Homeric themes but in unHomeric style, comparing Helen of Troy unfavourably with Thetis, the mother of Akhilles.

It was said he had a son, called Stephanus, who also wrote comedies.

There is also some evidence that, during his old age, he wrote plays in the style of New Comedy.

Andronicus wrote a work upon Aristotle, the fifth book of which contained a complete list of the philosopher's writings, and he also wrote commentaries upon the Physics, Ethics, and Categories.

The decimal point notation was introduced by Sind ibn Ali, he also wrote the earliest treatise on Arabic numerals.

From 1847 he was engaged in editing the Handwörterbuch der reinen und angewandten Chemie ( Dictionary of Pure and Applied Chemistry ) edited by Justus von Liebig, Wöhler, and Johann Christian Poggendorff, and he also wrote an important textbook.

He also wrote controversial criticisms of the British class structure which seemed to conflict with his promotion of Anglo-American friendship.

In addition to Triumphant Democracy ( 1886 ), and The Gospel of Wealth ( 1889 ), he also wrote An American Four-in-hand in Britain ( 1883 ), Round the World ( 1884 ), The Empire of Business ( 1902 ), The Secret of Business is the Management of Men ( 1903 ), James Watt ( 1905 ) in the Famous Scots Series, Problems of Today ( 1907 ), and his posthumously published autobiography Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie ( 1920 ).

He also wrote ' Ends and Means ' about his views on the technique.

Sir Stafford Cripps, George Bernard Shaw, Henry Irving and other stage grandees, Lord Lytton and other eminent people of the era also wrote positive appreciations of his work after taking lessons with Alexander.