The Utility of Darwinism

February 26, 2009 by Dr. Mc.

I’ll get back to the Baloney Debate, but I want to mention an interesting
article that appeared in Forbes this week. Dr. Phillip Skell, member of the
National Academy of Science, wrote a commentary responding to criticism of
Darwin criticism. His commentary is entitled "The
Dangers of Overselling Evolution." After a full and fruitful career in
biology and chemistry, Dr. Skell does not take a stand on whether Darwin’s
theory is true or false (even to NOT stand firmly for it is itself
controversial), but he does say that he finds in the theory no utility. His
investigation of 100 years of biology Nobel Prize winners found none whose
discoveries depend on Darwin’s theory of evolution, nor even any that built in
any way upon the theory in developing their findings. So why would scientists
organize a
petition to prevent open discussion on the issue of Darwinism? One can
have scientific reasons for choosing one’s own belief system, but whatever their
reasons for suppressing the free thought of others, they are not scientific.

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