sounds like Pennock offers the usual hand waving arguments that biologists have been trying to get by with for 50 years. The best thing to do is to teach nothing about origins of life because nobody knows, and it doesn't give fellas like you any pretence for arrogating an extra 50 I.Q. points to yourself over anybody that disagrees with you.
An extra 50? C'mon, guy, no one's going to believe we're a 100 points smarter!
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"and it doesn't give fellas like you any pretence for arrogating an extra 50 I.Q. points to yourself over anybody that disagrees with you.
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Oh, I'd never do that. I.Q. has never been much of an indicator of reasoning ability or correctness of thinking. There are some very bright folks out there, most much smarter than me, who are abject nut cases when it comes to scientific theories.