Chuck77 writes:
Tag, im fairly new here and just getting my feet wet but I will do that soon. I think i'll start will Stephen Meyers peer reviewed article on " Intelligent Design-The Origin of Biological Information and the Higher Taxonomic Categories" Published by the proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.
The paper is somewhat controversial (hey, I like understatement) and has been discussed here before, see
Meyer's Hopeless Monster. The paper was published while the proceedings of the BSW were under the editorship of Richard Sternberg, who denies being a creationist but later turned up in the movie
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, is a signatory of the Discovery Institute's Scientific Dissent from Darwinism petition, and now regularly attends creationist conferences. The BSW disavowed the paper:
BSW writes:
The paper by Stephen C. Meyer, "The origin of biological information and the higher taxonomic categories", in vol. 117, no. 2, pp. 213-239 of the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, was published at the discretion of the former editor, Richard v. Sternberg. Contrary to typical editorial practices, the paper was published without review by any associate editor; Sternberg handled the entire review process. The Council, which includes officers, elected councilors, and past presidents, and the associate editors would have deemed the paper inappropriate for the pages of the Proceedings because the subject matter represents such a significant departure from the nearly purely systematic content for which this journal has been known throughout its 122-year history.
The paper was roundly trounced at the time, but we can discuss it again if you like.
--Percy
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