The face of creationism has been through some major plastic surgery in the past decade or so. The leading proponents of "intelligent design theory" have left the ranting flat-earth types behind and found respected positions in the academic world from which to launch attacks on mainstream science. Philosopher of science Robert T. Pennock has explored all sides of the ongoing debate, which remains (despite the protestations of many creationists) more about biblical inerrancy than scientific evidence. His book Tower of Babel examines the new directions antievolutionists have taken lately, but goes beyond a mere recounting of recent history by proposing a new avenue of counterattack: linguistics.
The parallels are striking once we look closely: Genesis proclaims that God created all human languages at one stroke, while modern scientific thought proposes linguistic evolution similar in form to genetics. Best of all for scientists, though, linguistic change is much more rapid than biological change, and we have actually observed what might be called "speciation events" to have occurred historically in languages. While not meant to supplant traditional arguments against creationism, Pennock's ideas certainly supplement them and will be useful to educators and researchers alike. His sense of urgency is compelling; he sees the future of scientific education and freedom at stake and argues strongly for a separation between private beliefs and public knowledge
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真头疼，什么理论都可以自圆其说。其实我对人到底是土还是猴子都不care了。
评分真头疼，什么理论都可以自圆其说。其实我对人到底是土还是猴子都不care了。
评分真头疼，什么理论都可以自圆其说。其实我对人到底是土还是猴子都不care了。
评分真头疼，什么理论都可以自圆其说。其实我对人到底是土还是猴子都不care了。
评分真头疼，什么理论都可以自圆其说。其实我对人到底是土还是猴子都不care了。
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