Comments on: Et tu, TCS?

By: bakho

bakho — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:09:45 +0000

It isn’t just that ID is theology and not science. ID is bad theology. ID is a “God of the Gaps” philosophy. If science lacks an explanation (or is thought to lack an explanation) then ID replaces the gap in our knowledge with God. Unfortunately for God, science keeps shrinking the gaps in our knowledge and God shrinks with every new advance in science. For this reason many theologians and people of faith reject ID. It is bad theology that creates a constantly shrinking God and places religion squarely at odds with science progress.

Personally, I don’t think public schools should teach theology. More importantly, public schools should not be teaching bad theology that conflicts with the religious beliefs of many Americans.

By: fling93

fling93 — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 20:49:30 +0000

I don’t read TCS often, but what I have read never impressed me either.

By: steve koppelman

steve koppelman — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:26:32 +0000

Oh, and maybe it’s time to reëvaluate how “serious and interesting” the rest of that “science” “reporting” commissioned for their clients is.

At least you’re getting a belated lesson in the perils of mistaking a press release archive gussied up in newsmagazine drag for a source of credible journalism. The fact that friends and colleagues of yours get freelancing gigs at TCS and often write things they believe to be true doesn’t make TCS credible. It just means your colleagues can be counted on to write something on the assigned issue that endorses the agenda of one of their clients.

By: steve koppelman

steve koppelman — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 15:42:40 +0000

Why is it surprising that a lobbying firm would commission someone to write a piece advocating a viewpoint that a client wants to promote?

It’s like being surprised that Frito-Lay’s ad agency has put out a commercial for Cheetos.

By: mdahmus

mdahmus — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:03:45 +0000

Anybody surprised at this point by TCS hasn’t been reading enough, or is fairly biased themselves. They haven’t been ‘science-friendly’ for as long as I can remember; they’ve been wrapping up Republican talking points with a thin veneer of pseudo-science.

By: Caliban

Caliban — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 18:40:43 +0000

Yeah, that was really, really disappointing. TCS has some excellent articles, but then some that are just… silly. Given that so many writers there (I think) posit the alternate view, maybe they’re just trying to diversify…