intelligent design in Nature

[Richard Pyle]

> At 01:19 PM 11/1/2005, Richard Pyle wrote:
>
> > Sloppy semantics does not make for intellectual disingenuity.
>
> That's pretty egregious "slop."  I wouldn't accept that
> in a student paper; I sure do not accept it in a professional journal.

Neither would I -- and I think it is appalling in a scientific jounral.
Nevertheless, my point was, and continues to be, that John Grehan's
interpretation from this one quote that the authors may be "closet
intelligent designers" is far-fetched and sensationalist.  Maybe they are,
but the quote John provided from the article is scant evidence of such.
Where he sees intellectual disingenuity, I see sloppy semantics (appalling
though it may be).

Aloha,
Rich