Museum Officials Oust Research Associate Open to Intelligent Design Theory (Smithsonian)

Concerned Women for America ^ | 3/13/07 | Cara Cook

[wagglebee]

Scientists at the Smithsonian have created an environment of fear, where well-published biologists who disagree with the establishment may face demotion and harassment if they voice their views. Politically-driven scientists who claim to work on behalf of intellectual freedom would do well to grant their opposition a right to be heard, and to attack arguments instead of persons.

The left's main desire is to destroy America's Judeo-Christian heritage.

[wagglebee]

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[sgtbono2002]

I have seen that same thing right here in Free Republic. Just cast any shadow on Darwinism and feel their wrath.

[ClearCase_guy]

The left's main desire is to destroy America's Judeo-Christian heritage.

Agree 100%.

[driftdiver]

And now we understand why those scientists that argued the world wasn't flat and the sun didn't revolve around the earth were persecuted.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

ping.

[llevrok]

This is the same tax payer institution who would NOT let Ollie North's "War Stories" film crew photograph the Enola Gay.

Why? The "rights" for commercial uses were sold to the Showtime Network.

[Rudder]

This nothing to do with liberals. It about a non-scientific nut-job of an idea trying to pose as science.

[wagglebee]

I have seen that same thing right here in Free Republic. Just cast any shadow on Darwinism and feel their wrath.

Or simply questions why members of a conservative forum are supporting a liberal for the Republican presidential nomination.

[GSlob]

"a distinguished evolutionary biologist with two doctorates in biology."
"Sternberg has two PhDs; the first from 1995 in molecular evolution from Florida International University, and a second in systems science from Binghamton University."[Google to wikipedia]
Neither of these are scientific powerhouses, the last time I checked. And the description of his career, as provided there, does not make him sound anything like "distinguished". Just another behe.

[magslinger]

Good thing he didn't mention doubts about Gorebal warming. He'd have death threats to worry about, too.

[wagglebee]

Okay, then why did the Smithsonian hire this "undistinguished" biologist in the first place? Keep in mind that they have their choice of most of the top researchers in the world, they obviously thought he was worth hiring then.

[Pontiac]

Dr. Sternberg’s sin was to allow a scientific article critical of neo-Darwinism to be published in a biology journal

It would be interesting to know if this journal was in anyway associated with the Smithsonian.

If not I do not see where the Smithsonian officials have any gripe.

[Nathan Zachary]

"But scientists and their servants are losing credibility as it is being revealed that too many of them put ideology and politics above their reputed goals,”

Loosing? They lost it long ago, and are underlining that fact with this latest global warming nonsense.

[driftdiver]

"It about a non-scientific nut-job of an idea trying to pose as science."

Scientists once said the earth was flat.

[HangnJudge]

I have seen that same thing right here in Free Republic. Just cast any shadow on Darwinism and feel their wrath.

But FReepers don't fire you from your job or make your life unlivable. We may however be a bit "spirited" in discourse, but that is what debate is for. We come and go from this forum freely.

[capt. norm]

I have seen that same thing right here in Free Republic. Just cast any shadow on Darwinism and feel their wrath

The same goes for "global warming".

The liberals are harboring a bunch of what I call "protected theories" that will not stand up to scientific scrutiny and so, no one is allowed to submit them to scientific scrutiny.

The politically correct gag rule has been invoked and the range of our "blinders" is again narrowed.

[Nathan Zachary]

As if "wikipedia" is a reliable source of information.

[GSlob]

"He did post-doctoral work between 1999 and 2001 at the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution and in 2001 became an unpaid research associate there.[1]"-from that same wiki article on him.
Working without pay is not being "hired". He did his post-doc'ing there, and then was kept around without pay, probably as a charity gesture till they could unload him on somebody else. I have seen a load of such situations.

[GSlob]

"As if "wikipedia" is a reliable source of information." - it is good enough for the biographies of living persons - too high a risk to be caught with a lie.