Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Nothing New
The Washington Post has a nice piece by Michael Powell this morning on the Darwin exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History that includes this:
"Intelligent design," which holds that science can discern the hand of a supernatural force in the machinery of life, is the latest alternative theory to edge onto the public stage. It has attracted a small band of scientists and philosophers, and they are skilled debaters and publicists.
Such challenges are nothing new, extending back centuries. And while this exhibition makes clear that the evidence for evolution is overwhelming, it also reflects the gnawing worry within the scientific class that it has failed to vigorously present its
case in the public arena.
