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on conference, held by the Science Re-
search Foundation on 5 July 1998, the
Gould, Stephen Jay
world-famous expert on evolution Pro-
fessor Duane Gish described why the Although the late Harvard University
thesis that man evolved from apes is gro- paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould is one
undless: of the leading proponents of evolution
The fossil record refutes the evolutionary theory, he criticizes evolutionary biolo-
theory and it demonstrates that species gists in stuffing scientific literature with
appeared on Earth fully-formed and non-evident tales. Gould describes such
well-designed. This is a concrete eviden- stories in his following words:
ce for that they were created by God. 194
Evolutionary biology has been severely
With his books—mainly on the sub- hampered by a speculative style of argu-
ject of paleontology—and the more than ment that records anatomy and ecology
500 conferences he has held, Professor and then tries to construct historical or
Gish is one of the founders of the Institu- adaptive explanations for why this bone
te for Creation Rese- looked like that or why this creature lived
arch (ICR), and one here… Scientists know that these tales
of the world’s most are stories; unfortunately, they are pre-
sented in the professional literature whe-
eminent critics of the
re they are taken too seriously and lite-
theory of evolution.
rally. Then they become [scientific]
The ICR was foun-
"facts" and enter the popular literatu-
ded in San Diego, 195
re…
Stephen Jay California in the
Gould, an evolutionist paleontolo-
Gould early 1970s, and has
gist, was also one of the leading theoreti-
since become one of
cians of the punctuated model of evoluti-
the most important
on. (See Punctuated evolution.) Phillip
organizations in the world to criticize the
Johnson, one of the world’s leading cri-
theory of evolution. The ICR has more
tics of the theory of evolution, describes
than 20 scientists, laboratories, a large
Gould as the “Gorbachev of Darwi-
number of researchers, a faculty that of-
nism.” Mikhail Gorbachev sought to re-
fers postgraduate training, a Museum of
vise the system in the former Soviet Uni-
Creation that attracts thousands of visi-
on out of a belief that it was imperfect.
tors every year, a team that carries out
But in fact, the problems he regarded as
scientific research in various countries,
imperfections actually stemmed from
and also publishes books and magazines
the nature of the system itself, and Com-
and broadcasts radio programs.
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