Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Not to oversell, but...
Do the people who sing Darwin's praises even know anything about what Darwin did? Eggs:
Charles Darwin changed thinking about the fundamental aspects of reality, turning over previous ways of thinking, said Patrick O' Grady, a UC Berkeley professor in environmental science and policy management.
"What was discredited was a way of thinking about the natural world," he said.
Wow. That's a pretty impressive accomplishment. It sure would've been nice if Darwin had done that. Here's a hint about society: Ways of thinking cannot be shattered by individuals or individual accomplishments. Darwin did the legwork to find evidence for evolutionary theory, and deserves a great deal of credit for that, but giving him individual credit for the theory itself and the way it changed the way people saw the world is just silly.
[IB Prof Kevin Padian] commended the media coverage of the event and said that exposure was the first step to dampening the intelligent-design campaign.
"Well, it's over," he said. "They'll still get a lot of money but they won't be able to get the support of the press."
When did they ever have the support of the press? When did they ever even have the potential to have the support of the press?
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