Tag: Leon
Cancel Culture Comes to Poland
This sort of behavior is not new. In 2004, the University of Helsinki (Finland) cancelled some scheduled talks by Discovery Institute fellows Paul Nelson and Richard Sternberg.
When Marcos Eberlin Was Chased Out of Portugal
Three separate posters for the conference on ID had to be prepared, as it was chased from university to university.
Email Correspondence with University Dean Reveals Stonewalling Behind Latest Anti-ID Censorship
Whether the context is Wikipedia or the academic scene on the Iberian Peninsula, the scientific “consensus” on ID is maintained by shutting down debate and silencing scholarship.
Conference on Intelligent Design Flees Portugal, Escapes Over the Border to Spain
Some ideas are just too risky to discuss in a university setting, and intelligent design is near the top of the list.
Gerhart and Kirschner’s Speculations on The Plausibility of Life
The September/October issue of Books & Culture has a review by CSC senior fellow Jonathan Wells of The Plausibility of Life by Marc W. Kirschner and John C. Gerhart, two eminent biologists. The book has been acclaimed since its arrival earlier this year for providing answers for the last remaining “gap” in Darwin’s theory of evolution. Wells — an eminent biologist himself — is, not surprsingly, skeptical of the claim. (He knows a thing or two about the gaps in Darwin’s theory.)