Museum Officials Oust Research Associate Open to Intelligent Design Theory (Smithsonian)

Concerned Women for America ^ | 3/13/07 | Cara Cook

[Nathan Zachary]

"- it is good enough for the biographies of living persons - too high a risk to be caught with a lie."

Bull. They've been caught many times, and are currently embroiled in another case of defamation.

[Old Landmarks]

You do understand the left. They are the most intolerant of all people, even as the waste good air blathering about how tolerant they are.

[GSlob]

Well, so where is sternberg's defamation case against them?

[Hoplite]

Just another behe.

Ouch.

[wagglebee]

So, if Sternberg is such an "undistinguished" scientist, why was he the editor of "Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington" which has been published for more than 120 years?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sternberg_peer_review_controversy

[Hacksaw]

Neither of these are scientific powerhouses, the last time I checked. And the description of his career, as provided there, does not make him sound anything like "distinguished". Just another behe.

LOL - "he has 2 doctorates, but they don't matter".

I guess this is the new talking point after denials of what the Smithsonian did fell apart.

[GSlob]

For the same reason the few of my equally [in]distinguished co-workers are on the editorial boards of some other peer-review journals: it is a thankless job, having to read and review all the garbage floating in, and interferes with the work one is supposed to do. But it is a function, and is good for padding one's resume, especially when there is not much else to pad it with.

[oldplayer]

The Smithonian is the same bunch that denied that the Wright brothers had flown. Not just their first flight, but their more substantial flights. Then, they insisted on putting their guy (Langley) in the center of the gallery for years instead of the Wrights.

I wouldn't worry about what these guys do. After all, they thought it was the Enola Gay that started WW!! (Sarc.)

Oldplayer

[wagglebee]

Just out of curiousity, are you aware that the methods that you and your ilk support in your quest to discredit intelligent design are identical to the methods that the Darwinists fought against a century ago?

[GSlob]

"LOL - "he has 2 doctorates, but they don't matter"."
My dear, I am a PhD myself, and from experience I could tell you that there are PhDs and then there are PhDs. Doing a blind choice, without knowing anything else, between an MIT PhD and an Outhouse University PhD, I'd go with MIT and I will not be sorry for that. And if we are talking about U of Florida in Gainesville, then the PhD better come from Alan Katritzky's lab and have an extremely good recommendation letter.

[wagglebee]

The Smithonian is the same bunch that denied that the Wright brothers had flown. Not just their first flight, but their more substantial flights. Then, they insisted on putting their guy (Langley) in the center of the gallery for years instead of the Wrights.

You must have missed the memo, FACTS don't matter when it comes to the leftist causes.

[GSlob]

I am a professional scientist. To me, ID belongs in seminaries, not in universities. And if I need a biochemistry lab assistant, then BS'es in ID need not apply.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

the answer to your question is in this old WaPo article from 2005, along with a bunch more details about this case.....it's really a dirty mess.......you'll be amazed, but not surprised, I promise!

Editor Explains Reasons for 'Intelligent Design' Article

By Michael Powell
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, August 19, 2005; Page A19

Evolutionary biologist Richard Sternberg made a fateful decision a year ago.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/18/AR2005081801680.html

[Born to Conserve]

So? I hope any scientists at NASA who push Velikovsky's ideas are banished from there. It is easy to tell "bad science" from "good science".

[Born to Conserve]

"Scientists once said the earth was flat."

Exactly; the bad scientists.

[Hacksaw]

My dear, I am a PhD myself, and from experience I could tell you that there are PhDs and then there are PhDs. Doing a blind choice, without knowing anything else, between an MIT PhD and an Outhouse University PhD, I'd go with MIT and I will not be sorry for that. And if we are talking about U of Florida in Gainesville, then the PhD better come from Alan Katritzky's lab and have an extremely good recommendation letter.

In other words, he has 2 doctorates, but they don't matter - because you don't like his school or agree with his views. Because what the Smithsonian is doing can not be denied, you are attacking his academic credentials. Having earned a PhD yourself doesn't make you the authority on the value of other peoples degrees, or the work they had to do to earn them. This might surprise you, but PhD's are not handed out like candy, even at schools you dismiss because they don't cost several mortgages to attend. Running down his education is a rather cheap attempt at distraction.

[driftdiver]

""Scientists once said the earth was flat."

Exactly; the bad scientists."

At the time they were the 'good' scientists. Just like those persecuting this guy are today.

[wagglebee]

If his credentials are so flimsy, then why was he hired by the Smithsonian and appointed as an editor of a 122 year old scientific journal? These people want to have it both ways.

[wagglebee]

As I pointed out previously, the suppression methods that the Darwinists support are the same ones they themselves were subjected to a century ago.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

This might surprise you, but PhD's are not handed out like candy,

Perhaps not, but in recent years Doctoral programs can and have been dumbed down, just like other levels of education have......

(pointing this out only as a matter of fact, NOT to diminish this guy)

http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&q=%22fast+track+PhD%22+doctorate&btnG=Google+Search