There is something bitterly ironic about a muppet like Dembski complaining about the Nisbet & Mooney piece on "framing science." His complaint is, after all, coming from a man who accepts money from a group who coin glib phrases like "teach the controversy" and talk about "a new science for a new century". Sheech!
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After completing graduate school in 1996, Dembski was…
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No surprise then, that like his god, Demski is an iron.