[Doctor Stochastic]

Evolution's great conceit is that it is scientifically valid; it can be tested to be true.

And Religion's great conceit is that cannot be tested?

[HumanaeVitae]

Religion could be tested, I suppose, in some ways (for instance, the Dim Sun Paradox). But in this case, the professor here holds that skepticism of evolution is simply incompatible with scientific inquiry in biology.

But because evolution, like every doctrine that purports to be more than 'superstition', must expose itself to being falsified, it would seem that the professor would have to accept some general level of skepticism about it(and about every other doctrine he teaches) from all of his students . 'Physicist' said in one of his earlier posts that a 'closed mind is incompatible with science' (paraphrasing). It looks like this biologist is actually encouraging close-mindedness. Unless of course, there's more at stake in the evolution debate than just a scientific doctrine...