Mendel, ID and genetics

Just a brief comment on a lecture from the series 'Science of Self' by Lee Silver.

Quotes and comments;

1. We're always told that people with an ID affiliation don't do experiments, and don't publish papers. What about Gregor Mendel? Couldn't we call his experiments ID? He certainly believed in a Creator... and I assume believed in the idea of design. (I've never read anything by him unfortunately.)

- Edward Blyth [3.] came up with the idea of natural selection before Darwin, and Mendel came up with genetics; both were creationists... so much for the idea ID proponents don't come up with important ideas.

Notes;
1. Mendel's theory of genetic inheritance - Lee Silver; Science of Self; lecture #4. [TTC]
2. He tells us that ten thousand years ago people learned how to breed plants and animals... e.g. the Mexicans and corn (bred from a weed) Isn't it interesting that it supposedly took people another five thousand years to learn how to write :=) Surely plant breeding is more difficult.
- He doesn't bother to explain to us how people got the idea of breeding a weed into an edible food. Well professor?
3. See Darwin and the Mysterious Mr. X (1979) by Loren Eisley.
4. Silver tells us that until 150 years ago no one had ever seen an embryo! Huh? It doesn't give you a lot of confidence in the guy does it?
5. There are other scientists we could mention. e.g. Hubert Yockey. (I'm not making claims, only asking questions.)