Re: paleonet new Intell. Design art. in NY Times

[Bill Chaisson/Deirdre Cunningham <chaisson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: Re: paleonet new Intell. Design art. in NY Times

For all Paleonetters interested in the ongoing evolution-creationism thing
in America, check out today's New York Times newspaper (7 February 2005),
page A27.

"Design for Living" - it's an article by Michael Behe - a fantastic new
example of anti-science, anti-evolution propaganda from the Discovery

Institute.  Sigh.

Although I have yet to find Behe's article on line I did stumble on the obituary for Ernst Mayr, who died on Saturday at 100.

In addition to a good summary of Mayr's life it includes some praise of the sort that provides fodder for the creationists' criticism of evolutionary theory:

"He was the Darwin of the 20th century, the defender of the faith," said Dr. Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis, a historian of science at the University of Florida.

<wince>

Bill

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