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Over 500 Scientists Proclaim Their Doubts About Darwin’s Theory
Discovery Institute ^
| 02.20.06
Posted on 02/20/2006 7:57:31 PM PST by Coleus
The Scientific Dissent From Darwinism list is now located at a new webpage, www.dissentfromdarwin.org.
SEATTLE Over 500 doctoral scientists have now signed a statement publicly expressing their skepticism about the contemporary theory of Darwinian evolution.
The statement reads: We are skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity of life. Careful examination of the evidence for Darwinian theory should be encouraged.
The list of 514 signatories includes member scientists from the prestigious US and Russian National Academy of Sciences. Signers include 154 biologists, the largest single scientific discipline represented on the list, as well as 76 chemists and 63 physicists. Signers hold doctorates in biological sciences, physics, chemistry, mathematics, medicine, computer science, and related disciplines. Many are professors or researchers at major universities and research institutions such as MIT, The Smithsonian, Cambridge University, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, the Ohio State University, the University of Georgia, and the University of Washington.
Discovery Institute first published its Scientific Dissent From Darwinism list in 2001 to challenge false statements about Darwinian evolution made in promoting PBSs Evolution series. At the time it was claimed that virtually every scientist in the world believes the theory to be true.
Darwinists continue to claim that no serious scientists doubt the theory and yet here are 500 scientists who are willing to make public their skepticism about the theory, said Dr. John G. West, associate director of Discovery Institutes Center for Science & Culture. Darwinist efforts to use the courts, the media and academic tenure committees to suppress dissent and stifle discussion are in fact fueling even more dissent and inspiring more scientists to ask to be added to the list.
According to West, it was the fast growing number of scientific dissenters which encouraged the Institute to launch a website -- www.dissentfromdarwin.org -- to give the list a permanent home. The website is the Institutes response to the demand for information and access to the list both by the public, and by scientists who want to add their name to list.
Darwins theory of evolution is the great white elephant of contemporary thought, said Dr. David Berlinski, one of the original signers, a mathematician and philosopher of science with Discovery Institutes Center for Science and Culture (CSC). It is large, almost completely useless, and the object of superstitious awe.
Other prominent signatories include U.S. National Academy of Sciences member Philip Skell; American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow Lyle Jensen; evolutionary biologist and textbook author Stanley Salthe; Smithsonian Institution evolutionary biologist and a researcher at the National Institutes of Healths National Center for Biotechnology Information Richard von Sternberg; Editor of Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum --the oldest still published biology journal in the world-- Giuseppe Sermonti; and Russian Academy of Natural Sciences embryologist Lev Beloussov.
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: crevolist; darwin; darwinism; discoveryinstitute; id; intelligentdesign; science; scientists
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:57:34 PM PST
by
Coleus
To: Coleus
Nothing wrong with doubting Darwinism, but prepare to get slammed and good!
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:59:30 PM PST
by
guitarist
To: Coleus
They should be very careful in Pennsylvania, Judge Jones may jail them for this heresy.
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:01:04 PM PST
by
jwalsh07
To: Coleus
Hilarious!
No its not!
Yes it is!
Not!
Is!
Nyeah!
Jerk!
Azzhat!
F##khead!
Weenie!
Just getting in a little warmup....:)
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:01:45 PM PST
by
fizziwig
(Democrats: so far off the path, so incredibly vicious, so sadly pathetic.)
To: guitarist
The Church of Darwinism gets really bent out of shape when proclaimations get nailed to their door.
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:02:48 PM PST
by
EricT.
("I reject your reality and substitute my own."-Adam Savage)
To: Coleus
Those failing to evolve by noon this Wednesday will be facing terminal extinction.
The Personnel Department
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:03:08 PM PST
by
GSlob
To: Coleus
Oh c'mon! The next thing you're going to tell me is that some scientists doubt global warming! *sarcasm*
To: DaveLoneRanger; PatrickHenry
Creationist/Evolution double-ping.
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:06:11 PM PST
by
Ultra Sonic 007
(Hitler and Stalin have nothing on Abortion)
To: Coleus
Then these scientists better be prepared to be accused of not being scientists by the Darwinists. It's part of the Darwinist mantra.
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:06:12 PM PST
by
highlander_UW
(I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
To: Coleus
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:06:35 PM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(“Don't approach a Bull from the front, a Horse from the rear, or a Fool from any side.”)
To: Coleus
For true science to exist, there must be challenges to it. The greatest challenge for Darwinism is the evolution from organic matter to cells. This has yet to be done in the labitory.
To: EricT.
It's more like "100 against Einstein", don't you think ?
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:08:25 PM PST
by
dr_lew
To: Coleus
I need to find the link to the Steve List; more than 500 PhD-level scientists signing a statement in support of Evolution, all named Steve.
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:09:31 PM PST
by
ER Doc
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:10:01 PM PST
by
seastay
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:10:04 PM PST
by
seastay
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
I will bet a lot of people argue about the book that have never read it.It's easier to mischaracterize a book that you haven't read.
To: Coleus
And how many Paleontologists? Zero, I suspect.
And I bet geologists are almost totally absent from the list.
To: Coleus
Assuming that this is even true, 154 biologists, out of thousands who support evolution, is at best less than 10%. Probably closer to say 5% of biologists don't believe in evolution. Not exactly a solid talking point for the ID folks.
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:15:53 PM PST
by
Holdek
To: Coleus
That is very intriguing, but my guess is that over 500,000 would proclaim their doubts about the alternatives, if you started a list.
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:16:44 PM PST
by
AntiGuv
To: Coleus
There are now over 700 scientists who have signed on to
Project Steve, all of whom are named "Steven" or variants thereof, who support the following statement:
Evolution is a vital, well-supported, unifying principle of the biological sciences, and the scientific evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of the idea that all living things share a common ancestry. Although there are legitimate debates about the patterns and processes of evolution, there is no serious scientific doubt that evolution occurred or that natural selection is a major mechanism in its occurrence. It is scientifically inappropriate and pedagogically irresponsible for creationist pseudoscience, including but not limited to "intelligent design," to be introduced into the science curricula of our nation's public schools.
How many of the Discovery Institute's signatories are named "Steve"?
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:17:30 PM PST
by
MRMEAN
(Corruptisima republica plurimae leges. -- Tacitus)
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