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McIntosh is a [[young-earth creationism|young-earth creationist]],<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/bios/a_mcintosh.asp | title=Andrew McIntosh | publisher=[[Answers in Genesis]] |year= 2008 | first= | last= | accessdate =2008-04-17}}</ref> and claims that his disagreements with mainstream science are based on empiricism.{{ |
McIntosh is a [[young-earth creationism|young-earth creationist]],<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/bios/a_mcintosh.asp | title=Andrew McIntosh | publisher=[[Answers in Genesis]] |year= 2008 | first= | last= | accessdate =2008-04-17}}</ref> and claims that his disagreements with mainstream science are based on empiricism.{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}} |
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In a debate with [[Richard Dawkins]] on [[BBC Radio Ulster]] he stated his belief that the world was six thousands years old, that marine [[trilobites]] were made extinct by [[Noah's flood]] and that the [[Second Law of Thermodynamics]] contradicts the [[Darwinian]] theory of [[evolution]].<ref name="Dawkinsdebate">{{cite news | url=http://richarddawkins.net/audio/401-sunday-sequence-with-william-crawley | title=Sunday Sequence with William Crawley | publisher=[[Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science]] |date= December 10, 2006 | first= | last= | accessdate =2008-04-17}}</ref> ''(For more details on this objection to evolution, see [[Objections to evolution#Violation of the second law of thermodynamics|Violation of the second law of thermodynamics]].)'' McIntosh declares that decrease in entropy is generally possible, however there are [[nanomachines]] necessary to achieve for that effect, and he even tries to demonstrate it with examples that the [[chemical bonds]] between [[nucleotides]] require an extra free energy to take part in the process, an this extra energy can be provided in his view only by means of these [[molecular machines]]. He argues that if, for example, [[guanine]] and [[cytosine]], i.e. [[nucleotides]] paired in DNA, would be placed in a [[Petri dish]], they would refrain from bonding together as there is no machine (such as [[Molecular tweezer]]) to provide a free energy in a specific way to enable that bond to happen. Further on he points out that after living organism dies and these machines cease working, the DNA starts falling apart even while still being exposed to extra energy. Thus, he believes [[natural selection]] has no power to create new functional structures.<ref>McIntosh, A.C.: Functional Information and Entropy in living system, pp.115-126, Design and Nature III: Comparing Design in Nature with Science and Engineering , Vol 87 of WIT Transactions on Ecology and the environment, Editor Brebbia C.A., WIT Press, 2006.</ref> |
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In a debate with [[Richard Dawkins]] on [[BBC Radio Ulster]] he stated his belief that the world was six thousands years old, that marine [[trilobites]] were made extinct by [[Noah's flood]] and that the [[Second Law of Thermodynamics]] contradicts the [[Darwinian]] theory of [[evolution]].<ref name="Dawkinsdebate">{{cite news | url=http://richarddawkins.net/audio/401-sunday-sequence-with-william-crawley | title=Sunday Sequence with William Crawley | publisher=[[Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science]] |date= December 10, 2006 | first= | last= | accessdate =2008-04-17}}</ref> ''(For more details on this objection to evolution, see [[Objections to evolution#Violation of the second law of thermodynamics|Violation of the second law of thermodynamics]].)'' |
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He is on the board of directors of [[Truth in Science]], an organisation which promotes the teaching of [[Intelligent Design]] in British schools. In November 2006 the University of Leeds issued a statement distancing itself from creationism, and claimed that McIntosh's directorship of Truth in Science is unconnected with his teaching or research.<ref>[http://www.leeds.ac.uk/media/news/mcintosh.htm University of Leeds press release accessed 12/21/2006]</ref> |
He is on the board of directors of [[Truth in Science]], an organisation which promotes the teaching of [[Intelligent Design]] in British schools. In November 2006 the University of Leeds issued a statement distancing itself from creationism, and claimed that McIntosh's directorship of Truth in Science is unconnected with his teaching or research.<ref>[http://www.leeds.ac.uk/media/news/mcintosh.htm University of Leeds press release accessed 12/21/2006]</ref> |
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Revision as of 03:58, 15 July 2011
Andrew McIntosh Professor of Thermodynamics and Combustion Theory BSc, PhD, DSc, FIMA, CMath, FInstE, CEng, FInstP, MIGEM, FRAeS | |
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| Nationality |  United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Wales Cranfield Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Intelligent Design, Biomimetics |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | chemical engineering, combustion, thermoacoustics, Intelligent Design |
| Institutions | University of Leeds |
| Doctoral advisor | Professor J.F. Clarke |
Andrew McIntosh is Professor of Thermodynamics and Combustion Theory at the University of Leeds. He is a scientist who disagrees with the mainstream scientific consensus on biological evolution.
McIntosh's research group at University of Leeds has developed a new technology known as µMist which is based on the gaseous "cannon" of the bombardier beetle, which McIntosh believes to be intelligently designed. In December 2010 this work received the outstanding contribution to innovation and technology title at the Times Higher Education awards in London.[1] It has been predicted that the technology may lead to a new generation of fluid dispersal mechanisms in fuel injection, medical drug delivery systems, fire extinguishers and fire suppression.[2]
Creationism
McIntosh is a young-earth creationist,[3] and claims that his disagreements with mainstream science are based on empiricism.[citation needed]
In a debate with Richard Dawkins on BBC Radio Ulster he stated his belief that the world was six thousands years old, that marine trilobites were made extinct by Noah's flood and that the Second Law of Thermodynamics contradicts the Darwinian theory of evolution.[4] (For more details on this objection to evolution, see Violation of the second law of thermodynamics.)
He is on the board of directors of Truth in Science, an organisation which promotes the teaching of Intelligent Design in British schools. In November 2006 the University of Leeds issued a statement distancing itself from creationism, and claimed that McIntosh's directorship of Truth in Science is unconnected with his teaching or research.[5]
Books
- Genesis for Today: Showing the Relevance of the Creation/Evolution Debate to Today's Society (foreword by Ken Ham) (DayOne Publications, 2000) ISBN 9781903087152
References
- ^ BBC News
- ^ University of Leeds press release accessed 10/1/2007
- ^ "Andrew McIntosh". Answers in Genesis. 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
- ^ "Sunday Sequence with William Crawley". Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science. December 10, 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
- ^ University of Leeds press release accessed 12/21/2006
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