POINT OF VIEW

Why Can't We Discuss Intelligent Design?

By J. SCOTT TURNER

I'd never had a heckler before. Usually, when I'm asked to give a talk, I discuss my research on termites and the remarkable structures they build. Usually, I'm glad just to have an audience. x But what I'd learned from termites had got me thinking about broader issues, among them the question of design in biology: Why are living...

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