| − | There exists widespread suppression of [[creation science]] and [[intelligent design]], ideas which offer alternative explanations of origins than do the various [[theories of evolution]]. | + | There exists widespread suppression of [[creation science]] and [[intelligent design]], ideas which offer alternative explanations of origins than do the various [[theories of evolution]]. ''See also [[liberal censorship]]''. |
| | Richard Lewontin:{{QuoteBox|We take the side of science in spite of the patent absurdity of some of its constructs, in spite of its failure to fulfill many of its extravagant promises of health and life, in spite of the tolerance of the scientific community for unsubstantiated just-so stories, because we have a prior commitment, a commitment to materialism.<br /><br />It is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow compel us to accept a material explanation of the phenomenal world, but, on the contrary, that we are forced by our ''[[a priori]]'' adherence to material causes to create an apparatus of investigation and a set of concepts that produce material explanations, no matter how counter-intuitive, no matter how mystifying to the uninitiated. Moreover, that materialism is an absolute, for we cannot allow a Divine Foot in the door.<ref>Lewontin, Richard, Billions and billions of demons, ''The New York Review'', p. 31, 9 January 1997, quoted in [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/703/ Amazing admission], ''Creation'' 20(3):24, June 1998.</ref>}} | | Richard Lewontin:{{QuoteBox|We take the side of science in spite of the patent absurdity of some of its constructs, in spite of its failure to fulfill many of its extravagant promises of health and life, in spite of the tolerance of the scientific community for unsubstantiated just-so stories, because we have a prior commitment, a commitment to materialism.<br /><br />It is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow compel us to accept a material explanation of the phenomenal world, but, on the contrary, that we are forced by our ''[[a priori]]'' adherence to material causes to create an apparatus of investigation and a set of concepts that produce material explanations, no matter how counter-intuitive, no matter how mystifying to the uninitiated. Moreover, that materialism is an absolute, for we cannot allow a Divine Foot in the door.<ref>Lewontin, Richard, Billions and billions of demons, ''The New York Review'', p. 31, 9 January 1997, quoted in [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/703/ Amazing admission], ''Creation'' 20(3):24, June 1998.</ref>}} |
| − | Atheist professor Jerry Fodor, on attempts to question the theory:{{QuoteBox|I think there’s the sense that if you think that there’s something wrong with the theory you’re giving aid and comfort to intelligent design people. And people do feel very strongly about whether you want to do that.<ref>https://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/02/22/what_darwin_got_wrong_jerry_fodor/</ref>}} | + | Atheist professor Jerry Fodor, on attempts to question the theory:{{QuoteBox|I think there’s the sense that if you think that there’s something wrong with the theory you’re giving aid and comfort to intelligent design people. And people do feel very strongly about whether you want to do that.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120101183024/http://www.salon.com/2010/02/23/what_darwin_got_wrong_jerry_fodor/ What Darwin Got Wrong], ''Salon'' website</ref>}} |
| | A number of states passed laws to prevent discrimination against dissenters from Darwin. Unhappily a recent effort in S. Dakota failed.<ref>Uncommon Descent. "Darwin fans: We censor in order to oppose censorship", February 23, 2017[https://uncommondescent.com/science-education/darwin-fans-we-censor-in-order-to-oppose-censorship/].</ref> | | A number of states passed laws to prevent discrimination against dissenters from Darwin. Unhappily a recent effort in S. Dakota failed.<ref>Uncommon Descent. "Darwin fans: We censor in order to oppose censorship", February 23, 2017[https://uncommondescent.com/science-education/darwin-fans-we-censor-in-order-to-oppose-censorship/].</ref> |