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== Origin of name ==
== Origin of name ==
I reverted JPatt's edit[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Project_Steve&diff=prev&oldid=625292] about the origin of the name because it was speculative (the link said the name "''may have been'' chosen" (my emphasis)) for the reason given, and contradicts the official, and plausible, reason, that it was named to honour Stephen Jay Gould. Gould was a very prominent scientist and an anti-creationist and had died the year before, so this official explanation seems entirely likely. Also, the edit claimed that the ''project'' was a response to the "not Adam and Steve" line, whereas the reference talked about the ''name'' of the project. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 21:26, 16 February 2009 (EST)
I reverted JPatt's edit[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Project_Steve&diff=prev&oldid=625292] about the origin of the name because it was speculative (the link said the name "''may have been'' chosen" (my emphasis)) for the reason given, and contradicts the official, and plausible, reason, that it was named to honour Stephen Jay Gould. Gould was a very prominent scientist and an anti-creationist and had died the year before, so this official explanation seems entirely likely. Also, the edit claimed that the ''project'' was a response to the "not Adam and Steve" line, whereas the reference talked about the ''name'' of the project. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 21:26, 16 February 2009 (EST)
- Sigh, seems I struck a nerve. The opening sentence contains an allegation not mentioned in the reference. Either the edit should be reverted or another reliable reference should be found. Since the Discovery Institute also has a list of scientists who deny evolution, are they also an organization who should be castigated as illegitimate promoters of science that bully opponents? Why quote mine an obscure scientist when the research he conducted is over seventy years old? How is this relevant to Project Steve?--[[User:GinnyS|GinnyS]] ([[User talk:GinnyS|talk]]) 13:29, 30 June 2017 (EDT)