Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Show Trials...
Fox News has posted a partial transcript of the debate between Eugenie Scott, of the National Center for Science Education, and the Discovery Institute's Stephen Meyer that took place on "The Big Story With John Gibson," on May 6.
In it, Scott makes the point that the religious right is adopting the same tactics once employed in the former Soviet Union to attack science:
In it, Scott makes the point that the religious right is adopting the same tactics once employed in the former Soviet Union to attack science:
"In not a single scientific conference have I ever experienced lawyers cross-examining scientists about what is science. This is absurd. The Kansas hearings are a show trial, like in the sense of the Soviet Union back in the '50s. The board already has its conclusion. They're just going through these motions, making a big show for the public, to get an idea out."
