When Scientists Are Censors
We read:
"Evolutionary biologists were horrified by the news that a scholarly
press was going to publish a work in favor of intelligent design. But a
spokesman for the publishing house confirmed to Inside Higher Ed
Wednesday that the book's publication is on hold as it is subjected to
further peer review.
Earlier this week, the Panda's Thumb, a blog about evolutionary
theory, posted an item about a forthcoming book from Springer called
Biological Information: New Perspectives. The blog-poster and other
commenters said the book was a compilation of articles by creationists
and intelligent-design proponents and Springer had no business
publishing such "creationist pseudoscience."
Of all the scientific fields, evolutionary biology has become
fiefdom where academic freedom is dead and detractors are thrown out and
publicly lambasted. And they protect their mandatory orthodoxy with
vigor. It's no wonder so many people refuse to buy into it."
Source:
http://blog.speakupmovement.org/university/freedom-of-speech/when-scientists-are-censors/
Antwort eines Atheisten:
As an atheist I obviously don't believe in creation. But I have also
looked closely at evolutionary theory and find many holes in it. There
are both logical and factual holes in it.
The logical hole is that "fittest" is not explained independently of
"survival", so "survival of the fittest" is a circular and hence
meaningless statement.
The factual hole is that all observed mutations seem to be destructive
yet we are told that we are the product of an amazing cascade of
beneficial mutations. How come even a minor version of such a cascade
has never been observed in any organism?
There may be some truth in the theory of evolution but as it stands it
is not a theory that makes sense or fits the facts. And when a true
scientist finds that no theory fits the facts he says simply: "I don't
know" -- which is what I say. I don't know how we all got here and I can
face that with perfect calm. There is an infinity of things that we
don't know and I don't need to make up things in a pretence that I know
more than I do.
So you can see why evolutionists are so incredibly defensive about their
theory. They know its holes but fear those holes becoming generally
known. If they had more confidence in their theory they would greet
challenges to it with amusement and patient explanation -- not
censorship.
But what is going on of course is religious. The theory is used in an
effort to discredit religion. But if the evolutionists were
intellectually capable atheists, they would study Carnap. He has a far
better argument against religion than putting up a theory that is full
of holes. But analytical philosophy does require some brains so many
atheists might not be up to reading Carnap.
Belief in evolution is nearly as religious as belief in creation. Those
who proclaim it as an unquestionable truth are modern-day Torquemadas (a
leader of the Spanish Inquisition).
Gruß,
Micha