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Amanda Gefter
The New Scientist had a story by their book editor Amanda Gefter called "How to Spot a Hidden Religious Agenda". Today, it was pulled from their web site; the explanation being that they "received a complaint about the contents of the story."
You can still find a copy here, and we've copied the text until we find out what caused them to pull the story. Here's the opening:
As a book reviews editor at New Scientist, I often come across so-called science books which after a few pages reveal themselves to be harbouring ulterior motives. I have learned to recognise clues that the author is pushing a religious agenda. As creationists in the US continue to lose court battles over attempts to have intelligent design taught as science in federally funded schools, their strategy has been forced to... well, evolve. That means ensuring that references to pseudoscientific concepts like ID are more heavily veiled. So I thought I'd share a few tips for spotting what may be religion in science's clothing.
Here's some of the code words Gefter says give away a book's closeted ID agenda.
- Scientific Materialism
- The invocation of Cartesian dualism
- Misguided interpretations of quantum physics (also a "New Age" giveaway)
- The terms "Darwinism" or "Darwinist" (scientists refer to "evolution" and "biologists")
- Referring to natural selection as "blind", "random" or an "undirected process"
Gafter concludes by saying, "It is crucial to the public's intellectual health to know when science really is science. Those with a religious agenda will continue to disguise their true views in their effort to win supporters, so please read between the lines."
We have no idea what caused this story to be pulled, and we can provide the full text if it becomes newsworthy.
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