[aspasia]

to search for better explanations whenever evidence suggests they should.

And that is exactly what Meyer and Gelernter are discussing. However, such discussion has become verboten if it should call into question any faults in evolutionary theory. Gelernter makes a point of that as well, as he says, "we have a cautionary tale . . . what has happened to our English departments could happen to us." Certainly run over with jackboots there.

[BroJoeK]

Aspasia: "And that is exactly what Meyer and Gelernter are discussing.
However, such discussion has become verboten if it should call into question any faults in evolutionary theory."

Any scientific theory, no matter how well established, can be debunked by the simple process of falsification.
To my knowledge, evolution theory has been modified over the years as great volumes of new evidence became known, but the basic theory has never, ever, been confirmed as falsified.

Aspasia: "Certainly run over with jackboots there."

So it's sometimes claimed, but just who has ever falsified basic evolution theory?