I wasn't going to post this article, but this part caught my attention:
"In an earlier post, I asked whether scientists might soon be forced to consider the occult as science. Perhaps some readers think the concern far-fetched. But consider: Science is as dependent on the concept of public truth as the great religions are. In an age when private truth is rapidly gaining in power, it is just as vulnerable as religion."
Per my other reply, i am curious about the content of article and how (formerly) prominent biologists have been affected and punished. The story about carol hooven, the former harvard scientist, was especially disheartening.
richard dawkins was no creationist either. the article mentions how his award was taken away for stating his opinion. Any thoughts on that?
> Mind Matters is operated by the non-profit Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence at Discovery Institute in Seattle.
> The Center is directed by Dr. Robert J. Marks, a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Baylor University. Dr. Marks hosts the Mind Matters podcast, while the written part of the Mind Matters site is edited by science journalist Denyse O’Leary.
O'Leary has written several apologist books for intelligent design, most notably By Design or by Chance, as well as articles for William Dembski's blog Uncommon Descent. Dembski is a proponent of "intelligent design" who was at one time a part-time post-doctoral researcher for Dr. Robert J. Marks. Dembski also set up the Polanyi Center, an "intelligent design" thinktank.
The Discovery institute pushes pseudoscientific "Intelligent Design" with its "Teach the Controversy" campaign.
"In an earlier post, I asked whether scientists might soon be forced to consider the occult as science. Perhaps some readers think the concern far-fetched. But consider: Science is as dependent on the concept of public truth as the great religions are. In an age when private truth is rapidly gaining in power, it is just as vulnerable as religion."
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