[geocentrism] Re: Very dangerous times indeed
- From: "Philip" <joyphil@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:42:22 +1000
July 22, 2005
www.LifeSiteNews.com
Over 400 Scientists Sign
"A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism"
SEATTLE, Washington - Eighty years after the infamous Scope trials, more than
400 scientists from all disciplines have signed onto a growing list of those
who are "skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural
selection to account for the complexity of life."
"Darwin's theory of evolution is the great white elephant of contemporary
thought," said Dr. David Berlinski, a mathematician and philosopher of science
with Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture (CSC). "It is large,
almost completely useless, and the object of superstitious awe."
Discovery Institute first published its Statement of Dissent from Darwin in
2001 and a direct challenge to statements made in PBS' "Evolution" series that
no scientists disagreed with Darwinian evolution.
"The fact is that a significant number of scientists are extremely skeptical
that Darwinian evolution can explain the origins of life," said Dr. John G.
West, associate director of the CSC. "We expect that as scientists engage in
the wider debate over materialist evolutionary theories, this list will
continue to grow, and grow at an even more rapid pace than we've seen this past
year."
In the last 90 days, 29 scientists, including eight biologists, have signed the
"Scientific Dissent From Darwinism." The list includes over 70 biologists.
The most recent signatories are Lev V. Beloussov and Vladimir L. Voeikov, two
prominent Russian biologists from Moscow State University. Dr. Voeikov is a
professor of bioorganic chemistry and Dr. Beloussov is a professor of
embryology an Honorary Professor at Moscow State University and a member of the
Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.
"The ideology and philosophy of neo-Darwinism, which is sold by its adepts as a
scientific theoretical foundation of biology, seriously hampers the development
of science and hides from students the field's real problems," said Professor
Voeikov.
"Lately in the media there's been a lot of talk about science versus religion,"
said West. "But such talk is misleading. This list is a witness to the growing
group of scientists who challenge Darwinian theory on scientific grounds."
The list includes scientists from Princeton, Cornell, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Ohio
State University, Purdue and University of Washington, among others.
Simultaneous with the public presentation of the list of scientific luminaries,
Italian geneticist Giuseppe Sermonti has published his book entitled "Why is a
Fly Not a Horse?" which maps what he depicts as a growing scientific case
against neo-Darwinism.
Sermonti challenges the myth that all critics of Darwinism are American
religious fundamentalists and argues that since genetics does not explain even
the present forms of life, genetic mutations cannot alone explain their origin.
Dr. Leendert Van Der Hammen, a member with Sermonti of the Osaka Group for the
Study of Dynamic Structures, defended Sermonti's book. He said that by tying
together insights from disciplines often studied in isolation-genetics,
molecular biology, morphogenetics, physics, chemistry and mathematics-Sermonti
was able to uncover new weaknesses in the modern theory of evolution.
Sermonti is a retired Professor of Genetics at the University of Perugia. He
discovered what is called genetic recombination in antibiotic-producing
Penicillium and Streptomyces and was Vice President at XIV International
Congress of Genetics (Moscow, 1980). He is Chief Editor of Rivista di Biologia,
one of the world's oldest biology journals still in publication.
See the list of scientists:
http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/filesDB-download.php?command=download&id=443
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