Jason Silver

Friday, February 4th, 2005

Science or Not?

I found a fascinating article today from the Wall Street Journal. Apparently a scientist, editor of a scientific journal, has lost credibility for presenting a paper-- subjected to peer review-- which counters Darwinism.

"It may or may not be, but surely the matter [of Intelligent Design (ID)] can be debated on scientific grounds, responded to with argument instead of invective and stigma. Note the circularity: Critics of ID have long argued that the theory was unscientific because it had not been put forward in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. Now that it has, they argue that it shouldn't have been because it's unscientific. They banish certain ideas from certain venues as if by holy writ, and brand heretics too..."

This is somewhat suprising to me. I thought scientists were more, um, scientific.

~Jason