Belief versus science
Just a few pages further, biologist Pepper Trail’s essay talked about how the evolution versus intelligent design debate threatens to convert our society from a reality-based one into a belief-based one. Trail’s thesis seems to be that our society cannot afford to have our understanding of reality governed by what we choose to believe; it must be informed by factual evidence and testable hypotheses — in short, by science.
Why is it permissible for Susan Ryan to hold and propagate her beliefs, but not permissible for intelligent design advocates to do the same?
Ken Frederick
Boise, Idaho