Friday, August 26, 2005
Michael Shermer: Deepak Chopra and the Skyhook of Supernaturalism
Skeptic Michael Shermer takes a page from Daniel Dennet as he takes on Deepak Chopra on intelligent design:
[J]ust because we cannot at the moment explain some particular complex phenomena such as bacterial flagella, Cambrian body plans, or even consciousness, does not mean that we must abandon the crane of naturalism and turn to the skyhook of supernaturalism.