WHEN it comes to dealing with “intelligent design”, scientists should take a leaf out of the book of Karl Rove, George Bush’s tenacious election strategist. “It’s time to start playing hardball,” said Donald Wise of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, speaking at the Geological Society of America’s annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah.
In a call to arms, geologists were urged to join their biologist brethren in attacking the creationist challenge to Darwinian evolution. The conference devoted two sessions – comprising 24 presentations – to the debate, plus a panel discussion on the so-called “national attack on science”.
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