RE: Experts Worry That Public May Not Trust Science

Pim van Meurs (entheta@eskimo.com)
Thu, 23 Sep 1999 20:59:03 -0700

Stephen: Wesley had indeed "overlooked something"! Johnson does not even *claim*
to be making "a contribution to biology", at least at the scientific detail level.

Of course not, how could he... Johnson's understanding of the science is not adequate for us to believe that he will ever make a significant contribution to biology. But that is not his intent.

Stephen: His *real* focus is on the *philosophical assumptions* and *rules of
reasoning* which underly biology, and indeed much of modern
materialist-naturalist science:

And shows his ignorance of science even further.

Stephen: The atheist Nobel laureate physicist Steven Weinberg has acknowledged Johnson
as "The most respectable academic critic of evolution":

Appeal to authority. Irrelevant to the discussion

Stephen: If Wesley thinks that Johnson is unimportant and can be safely ignored
as offering no "contribution to biology", then he is in denial mode!

You admitted yourself that he does not contribute much to biology.