"The Evolution of EVOLUTION, How Darwin's Theory Survives, Thrives and
Reshapes the World", "The Future of Human Evolution",
"Molecular Proof of Natural Selection", "How Life Invents
Complex Traits" and "Creationists' Latest Tricks" are all title
of articles in the January 2009 issue of Scientific American magazine. I am a
subscriber and huge fan of Scientific American magazine but I have a problem
with the latest issue. Webster's dictionary defines science as "knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general truths
or the operation of general laws especially as obtained and tested through
scientific method."
In this blog post I am not taking up one side of the evolution issue
or another but trying to point out how politics and ideology have
corrupted the science community. I always thought of scientist as open minded, thorough
and in general, interested in discussion from opposing points of view, however
the latest issue of American Scientific magazine does everything except call
for the "burning at the stake" of all those whose ideals are contrary to
the Theory of Evolution. Here are some excerpts from the magazine;
In an article titled "The Latest Face of Creationism" there is a
section which provides suggestions as to actions that can be taken if
"controversy over the teaching of evolution erupts in your area"
The first action suggested is this; "Resolving the controversy requires
thinking politically..." Does politics really have a place in science?
Science is science and does not depend on opinion nor political ideology.
The second action suggested in this article is "Keep in mind that the
goal is not only to keep creationism out of the science classroom but also to
ensure that evolution is taught properly - without qualifiers such as 'only a
theory'"... Well, isn't the Theory of Evolution still a theory? When was
it proven via the scientific method?
I'll stop there but the magazine continues an all out assault on creationism
and intelligent design throughout several other articles. My question is
this, Are we at a point where our scientific community has abandoned the
scientific method and are replacing it with ideology instead? A similar issue
which also represents ideological views instead of scientific views from a
majority of the scientific community is global warming and the cause and effect
of it. But I will save this for another post.
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