A few weeks ago, I noted an upcoming Campus-Ministry-sponsored pro-ID lecture at Indiana University-Purdue University, Ft. Wayne (IPFW) to be presented by IPFW associate professor of science education Dr. Jeffrey Nowak.
A couple of intrepid readers attended the talk, including Dr. Richard Sutter, chair of the IPFW Department of Anthropology. (You can read attendees' comments here, here, and here.)
Dr. Sutter let us know of an interesting development in the situation.
The campus cable network was on hand to record the presentation. Usually, the ID community is more than happy to publicize their, um, work; but this time, not so much. Apparently, Dr. Nowak is so concerned that his talk will be misrepresented that he asked the campus cable network to destroy all copies of his talk.
. . . say what? . . .
According to Dr. Sutter,
Funny how he - unlike other scientists and scholars - isn't willing to have the public scrutinize his ideas . . . I always thought that the academy and scholarship were all about?
Ah, but when a movement's primary goals are political and religious, not scientific, censorship is *exactly* what you'll find as we've found time and again. Now Nowak can spin the experience any way he wants regardless of the accounts of onlookers; not exactly a new tactic for the DI's supporters.
Pity poor Dr. Nowak, who has evidently learned he's not even competent to carry water for the Discovery Institute. It does make one wonder why he's entrusted with training trusting young souls who'll soon be teaching science to elementary kids. It's sad that a young professor has chosen to place his ministry ahead of his conscience.
Strange how a scholar is so intent on persuading the public that ID should infest science education that he's ready to exterminate any evidence of his attempt at persuasion.
On the other hand, for an example of someone doing REAL science and communicating it to the public, meet Dr. Richard C. Sutter:
posted by Cheryl Shepherd-Adams
