Saturday, May 07, 2005
Stephen Meyer: Uncooperative Witness
Stephen Meyer, director of the Discovery Institute, the Seattle-based intelligent design think tank, did not appear in person at today's Kansas Science hearings. Instead, he was teleconferenced in.
Meyer stonewalled Science Coalition attorney Pedro Irigonegaray's cross-examination, refusing repeatedly to answer his questions. Irigonegaray several times asked board chairman Steve Abrams to compel Meyer to answer, but to no avail.
Meyer's stonewalling is curious in a man who is arguing that the Kansas Science standards limit inquiry. After all, how is public policy discussion or scientific investigation possible if the ideas or theories under discussion are kept secret?
What does Meyer have to hide?
Meyer stonewalled Science Coalition attorney Pedro Irigonegaray's cross-examination, refusing repeatedly to answer his questions. Irigonegaray several times asked board chairman Steve Abrams to compel Meyer to answer, but to no avail.
Meyer's stonewalling is curious in a man who is arguing that the Kansas Science standards limit inquiry. After all, how is public policy discussion or scientific investigation possible if the ideas or theories under discussion are kept secret?
What does Meyer have to hide?
