Thursday, April 10, 2008

Not So Privileged

Iowa State University astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez, the author of Privileged Planet, was sacked last year. He had the opportunity to apply for tenure at the university but was rejected largely due to his advocacy of intelligent design and in spite of his impressive record. In short, he contradicted the atheist dogma of evolution and was slapped down for it.

You can read about his excommunication here and hear his own view on the matter in a blog article here. He's also noted in Ben Stein's new movie Expelled, which deals with much the same topic – the elimination of free speech in science.

I've watched the documentary made from Gonzalez' research and I liked it tremendously. That said, it's not that inflammatory or iconoclastic at all and I'm surprised it's become such an issue.

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