Or neo-Darwinian theory, or whatever version of the theory has been used by apparatchiks to wreck skeptics’ careers?
Further to Paul Nelson on ID in Brazil (Brazilians, if you want the freedom to consider evidence rather than ideology, you probably must fight to keep it):
From WorldMag:
Scientists who reject the Neo-Darwinian theory of evolution are getting bolder about publicly proclaiming their skepticism of the explanation for the origins of life once universally accepted in the scientific community.
During a mid-November conference in Sao Paolo, Brazil, 350 mostly young research scientists and scholars from Brazil, the United States, Canada, Egypt, Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru gathered to discuss intelligent design (ID). The conference dealt “directly with ID evidence and proof, and how the present scientific paradigms fail to explain the origin and evolution of the universe and life on Earth,” said Enezio E. de Almeida Filho, director of the Sociedade Brasileira do Design Inteligente (Brazilian Center of Intelligent Design) in Campinas, Sao Paolo.
Attendance far surpassed the anticipated 150 and included scholars in astronomy, biology, chemistry, science, history, physics, and law. The professional interest in ID research made it clear the ID community runs wider and deeper than any of its members realized from reading published research papers or attending lectures. More.
The view from the – News desk is that Darwinism has a long run ahead of it anyway. There probably isn’t anything that tenured profs can’t turn into pop science, irrespective of reality.
Remember, our brains are shaped for fitness, not for truth. Fitness for pop Darwinism is adaptive right now, fact isn’t. It would be a bad hair day on pop science TV if anyone forgot that. 😉
See also: The world watches: In Brazil, ID flies over the radar (Darwin drones ready for flight too, we suspect.)
This guy is said to be the Brazilian Michael Behe (We trust he still has a position.)
Brazilian journalist: Science and freedom walk hand in hand (Fine, but neither goes anywhere without courage. Who will stick to the research program when the Darwin goons are dispatched? Remember, Brazilians, they already know it isn’t true. That makes them more desperate, not less. )
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