Re: More fusillades in the ID wars

> From what I can tell, it sounds like Meyer's article went
> through the same review process that every other article
> published in that journal goes through. On what grounds
> do you make your claim that the editor should never have
> allowed it to be published?

The second article posted on this, states that one of the complaints is
that the article did not go through the standard review process. It
states:

‘The paper by Stephen C. Meyer, "The origin of biological information
and the higher taxonomic categories," in vol. 117, no. 2, pp. 213-239
of the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, was
published at the discretion of the former editor, Richard v. Sternberg.
Contrary to typical editorial practices, the paper was published
without review by any associate editor; Sternberg handled the entire
review process."

I am not taking any position on this, I am simply encouraging people to
withhold judgement until the facts are known (if they ever will be). My
perception, is that people holding widely differing positions
immediately jump on such reports and turn them into causes (making them
sound conspiratorial). Paricularly in situations where jobs are lost
or reputations damaged, it usually is the case that the situation is
very complicated and intertwinned with all manner of personality and
other issues. I am very cautious in taking any public stand on these
things.

All I know is my own situation and professional associations. I have
personally experienced no professional rejection because of my public
stands on science/faith issues. Questioning sure -- rejection no.

Keith
Received on Tue Feb 1 14:57:22 2005