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Hi all,

This just in. Thought you might be interested.
Sorry, do not have the article in question yet. 

Cheers,

Niko

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Faculty Member Yuh-Nung Jan makes an unusual evaluation of an Intelligent
Design article
Yuh-Nung Jan (HHMI, UCSF), a F1000 Faculty Member for the Neurodevelopment
section, has commented on an article by H Allen Orr entitled "Master
Planned: Why intelligent design isn't" in the New Yorker that cannot be
included in the Faculty of 1000 site because it comprises evaluations for
scientific papers only; however, we thought his comments may be of general
interest to life scientists:

"Many biologists are probably puzzled (and perhaps appalled) by the action
of the state educational boards in a number of states in the USA mandating
the teaching of "intelligent design" as an alternative to Darwin's theory of
evolution. This article provides a succinct evaluation/debunking of the
underlying arguments of the "intelligent design" (ID) movement. I think most
scientists are aware of this ID movement; however, I suspect that most of us
(myself included) believe that ID is scientific non-sense that is largely
motivated by religious groups and hence would not bother spending time to go
over their arguments. I was quite impressed by this New Yorker article,
which gives an excellent account for the basic arguments underlying ID. This
ID movement can do a lot of damage (not only affecting science education but
also with potential impact on research policy such as stem cell research in
the USA). If some of us are to debunk the ID movement when we have a chance
(even at the grass-root level), it would be a good idea to be aware of the
arguments, and this article provides an excellent starting point."


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Nikolaus Malchus

PhD (Geology)
Ramón y Cajal researcher (RyC 1)

Dept. de Geologia/Unitat Paleontologia
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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