No one has disputed Sternberg's competence. They have disputed his judgement in publishing a paper that would likely have been rejected by the typical review process.
He slipped one past while no one was looking. A betrayal of trust.
No one can prevent essays on ID from being published. And if, if fifty years, they turn out to be significant, that will be the judgement of history. But you don't make friends by sneaking behind their backs.
I think he substantiates his argument that it was well within the bounds of a typical review process.
He slipped one past while no one was looking. A betrayal of trust.
Trust in what? It doesn't make any sense to say he "slipped one past" anybody unless there really is some sort of formal or informal Darwinian "orthodox censor" to be slipped past.
Cordially,