It's interesting to read the following quote from the link given by Mike
(http://www.accesswaco.com/auto/feed/news/local/2000/04/10/955344993.22074.6
595.0026.html):
"Sure, weāre a bit controversial, but most interesting things are," Gordon
said. "Weāre not doing anything that is going to affect how science programs
at Baylor are perceived. Weāre a separate center doing research. Weāre
hoping to interact with the sciences. But as far as the sciences are
concerned, itās business as usual."
Bruce Gordon is the associate director of the Polanyi Center. Like the
director, William Dembski, he is a fellow of the Discovery Instituteās
Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture, whose Wedge Strategy
includes the following among its goals: "To see intelligent design theory as
the dominant perspective in science."
(http://www.infidels.org/org/aha/skeptical/wedge.html)
So, if Gordon achieves his aims, it will not be "business as usual" as far
as the sciences are concerned. No wonder people are worried about the
activities of the Polyani Center!
Incidentally, I agree with Mike that there are grounds for a "suspicion of
design". But a suspicion is not enough to form the basis for scientific
theory. The problem is that Dembski and his supporters base their theory on
a suspicion, and then want to make it "the dominant perspective in science"!
Richard Wein (Tich)
See my web pages for various games at http://homepages.primex.co.uk/~tich/
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