Sunday, December 19, 2010

Quote of the Day: "The fact that some scientists get a sour stomach over the metaphysical implications of intelligent design is no excuse for ignoring the evidence"

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The fact that some scientists get a sour stomach over the metaphysical implications of intelligent design is no excuse for ignoring the evidence. Cellular life, even at the most fundamental chemical level, has the properties of purpose, which should inform our scientific perspective. Meyer has provided us with a compelling argument drawn from academically rigorous presuppositions, so that, whatever one’s metaphysical squeamishness may be, he can confidently approach DNA as a written code and the cell as a complex factory. -- Heather Zeiger, reviewing Stephen Meyer's Signature in the Cell, at Salvo.
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"... nothing intellectually compelling or challenging.. bald assertions coupled to superstition... woefully pathetic"