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These Are So Not Good Criticisms

Explore Mr. Mooney's intelligent design critique, addressing the weak arguments from the Discovery Institute and defending academic freedom.

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Well, I've read through the Discovery Institute critique of my work (PDF). I am not impressed. Neither is Carl Zimmer, who has experience with this sort of thing. PZ, meanwhile, has a good refutation of Casey Luskin's attack on my credentials. [To tell you the truth, PZ, Luskin's criticism is actually even weaker than you say, because if we were act like good Kantians and generalize it it into a universal law, that would mean that journalism in this country would cease to exist, save in the few cases where journalists happen to have advanced degrees in the subjects they're reporting on. In which case, why would they be "reporting" in the first place?] Anyway, reading through the DI criticisms, I don't think they dismantle my facts in any significant way at all. Everything is pretty much in the realm of interpretation, and I'm generally exhorted to present ID more ...

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