09.24.08
Nature’s inquisition number on natural selection: Obama
Nature’s issue on the election has this: US election: Questioning the candidates
Do you believe that evolution by means of natural selection is a sufficient explanation for the variety and complexity of life on Earth? Should intelligent design, or some derivative thereof, be taught in science class in public schools?
Obama: I believe in evolution, and I support the strong consensus of the scientific community that evolution is scientifically validated. I do not believe it is helpful to our students to cloud discussions of science with non-scientific theories like intelligent design that are not subject to experimental scrutiny.
Asking the candidates views on science is general is fine, but this question is really the Darwinism loyalty test, and should never have been asked. Note how Obama sensibly declares his acceptance of the fact of evolution and doesn’t answer to natural selection. Sensible, and smarter than Nature, which is obviously a bastion of the Darwin cult.
Noone should be asked to support such a loaded question about natural selection in the name of science because it isn’t science.