The backstory on The Wedge : Aetiology

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Tara C. Smith is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology. Her research involves a number of pathogens at the animal-human nexus. Additionally, she is the founder of Iowa Citizens for Science and also writes for The Panda's Thumb and previously for WIRED SCIENCE's Correlations. Please note the views expressed on this site are Dr. Smith's alone and may not be representative of the groups mentioned above.

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The backstory on The Wedge

Category: Intelligent design/creationism
Posted on: February 1, 2006 11:43 AM, by Tara C. Smith

The Discovery Institute's Wedge document has been quite a boon to those seeking to show that their motivations are political and religious instead of scientific, though the DI has said it's not a big deal. Today, the Seattle Weekly has run a story on it, including the history of how it came to be leaked in the first place. PZ has a write-up.

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