"So what you have is a group that basically rejects a couple of the central ideas of mainstream science, ideas that have really won the day within the scientific community, and these include climate change and they include evolutionary theory. Under the guise of critical analysis what they really want to do is to bring evidence into the classroom that has been thoroughly discredited within the scientific community in the name of fairness and critical analysis. To be perfectly honest, that's not fair! Because these ideas have failed the test of ideas in the scientific community so that propping them up by legislative act, which is really what these ideas are doing, is in effect a kind of what you might call an "intellectual welfare" for a failed idea that can't make it on it's own."
Ken Miller
NPR's Science Friday
06/13/08
Ken Miller
NPR's Science Friday
06/13/08
Kenneth R. Miller
Kenneth R. Miller's new book, Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul, hit bookstores a couple of days ago. Miller is now hitting the airwaves and promoting the book.
First, you can check him out on yesterday's Science Friday. I'm listening to it right now
Next, set your DVRs because Miller will make a return appearance on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report this coming Monday evening.
If, like me, you haven't had a chance yet to pick up the book, here's a brief exerpt to tide you over.
posted by Jeremy Mohn
