With our attention to the launch of a new research center on intelligent design, Discovery Institute-Mackenzie, at Brazils Mackenzie Presbyterian University, we dont mean to slight other big countries or important parts of the world where ID is rising in prominence. <\/p>\n
Recently I had a conversation with a new Chinese acquaintance, who disclosed a thoughtful interest in questions about biological and cosmic origins. I quoted the remark from Chinese paleontologist Jun-Yuan Chen, In China we can criticize Darwin, but not the government; in America, you can criticize the government, but not Darwin. <\/p>\n
I thought this would get a knowing laugh Yes, you silly Americans with your strange reverence for a long-dead Victorian Englishman. Instead, it drew a small and what I took to be acareful, circumspect smile. That surprised me. <\/p>\n
I wondered if, for the sake of his comparison between the situation in his country and ours, Dr. Chen indulged in a bit of simplification or exaggeration. Or maybe things have changed since he said that, on a 1999 visit to the University of Washington. Perhaps, like Americans in sensitive career fields, the Chinese now need to think twice about who might be overhearing a frank discussion of evolution. <\/p>\n
In any event, I followed up by suggesting a partial list of resources for the Chinese speaker interested in learning more about intelligent design, and the case against the orthodox Darwinism. Assuming that some readers will find it useful themselves or will pass it along, Ill share it here too. <\/p>\n
Some major ID books in Chinese translation. <\/p>\n
Great video documentaries on intelligent design from our friends at Illustra Media, including: <\/p>\n
Jonathan Wells wrote here about his experience at the 1999 Chinese Academy of Sciences conference. He attended at the invitation of Dr. Chen and our Discovery Institute colleague Paul Chien, a biologist at the University of San Francisco. <\/p>\n
Of course this is not a complete list, just what I was able to pull together on the fly for my new acquaintance. <\/p>\n
And lets not forget about the rest of Asia. <\/p>\n
Naturally, many readers in China, Korea, and elsewhere in Asia read or watch our material in English, as, for instance, distinguished South Korean biomimetic scientist Seung-Yop Lee did. Dr. Lee teaches in the Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at Seouls Sogang University. He offered some wonderful comments in praise ofZombie Science: More Icons of Evolution, the latest from Dr. Wells. Jonathan Witt noted his remarks here. <\/p>\n
Photo credit: Silentpilot via Pixabay. <\/p>\n
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