Re: Salthe signs DI's Dissent statement


Perplexed in Peoria wrote:
Complexity theorist Stan Salthe has occasionally been mentioned
with approval in this group. It may be of interest that he is
now listed as one of the signers of the Discovery Institute's
"Dissent from Darwinism" list.
http://www.dissentfromdarwin.org/

Maybe OT, but I thought some people here might be interested.


As a point of information, is the Discovery Institute considered to be
a valid [and nominally unbiased] science-related organization, or one
with a specific "agenda"?

[moderator's note: It's a crypto-creationist front. I probably
should have stepped in and dinged this thread earlier, but just
to make it clear: I regard "intelligent design" as creationism,
and since discussion related to the creation/evolution argument
is forbidden on this newsgroup, it follows that discussion of
ID is also forbidden. Talk.origins is the place for that. - JAH]


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