1,043 scientists on the ‘A Scientific Dissent from Darwinism’ list
Zenaan Harkness
zen at freedbms.net
Mon Feb 11 14:58:28 PST 2019
“A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism” is a simple, 32-word statement
that reads:
“We are skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation
and natural selection to account for the complexity of life.
Careful examination of the evidence for Darwinian theory should
be encouraged.”
https://dissentfromdarwin.org/
https://www.thecollegefix.com/more-than-1000-scientists-sign-dissent-from-darwinism-statement/
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-11/over-1000-scientists-sign-dissent-darwinism-statement
Those who sign it “must either hold a Ph.D. in a scientific field
such as biology, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, computer
science, or one of the other natural sciences; or they must hold an
M.D. and serve as a professor of medicine,” according to the
institute.
The group points out that signing the statement does not mean these
scholars endorse “alternative theories such as self-organization,
structuralism, or intelligent design,” but rather simply indicates
“skepticism about modern Darwinian theories central claim that
natural selection acting on random mutations is the driving force
behind the complexity of life.”
According to Discovery Institute Senior Fellow David Klinghoffer,
the signers “have all risked their careers or reputations in
signing.”
“Such is the power of groupthink,” he wrote. “The scientific
mainstream will punish you if they can, and the media is wedded
to its narrative that ‘the scientists’ are all in agreement and
only ‘poets,’ ‘lawyers,’ and other ‘daft rubes’ doubt Darwinian
theory. In fact, I’m currently seeking to place an awesome
manuscript by a scientist at an Ivy League university with the
guts to give his reasons for rejecting Darwinism. The problem is
that, as yet, nobody has the guts to publish it.”
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