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More than 1,000 Scientists have Signed ‘Dissent from Darwinism’ Statement

posted by martyb on Thursday February 14 2019, @06:12PM   
from the scientific-method dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Earlier this month, a long kept list of Ph.D. scientists who “dissent from Darwinism” reached a milestone — it crossed the threshold of 1,000 signers.

“There are 1,043 scientists on the ‘A Scientific Dissent from Darwinism’ list. It passed the 1,000 mark this month,” said Sarah Chaffee, a program officer for the Discovery Institute, which maintains the list.

“A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism” is a simple, 32-word statement that reads: “We are skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity of life. Careful examination of the evidence for Darwinian theory should be encouraged.”

https://www.thecollegefix.com/more-than-1000-scientists-sign-dissent-from-darwinism-statement/

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• Re:Evolutionary algorithms do work (Score: 3, Informative) by RandomFactor on Thursday February 14 2019, @08:38PM

  by RandomFactor (3682) on Thursday February 14 2019, @08:38PM (#801194) Journal

  If you consider that there is but one non-simulation reality, and potentially endless numbers of simulated-realities.

  The chances that we are not living in a simulation don't look very good.

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  В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды

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