In a September column for the National Post, I discussed the recent revival of controversy about Charles Darwin’s “beautiful theory” of evolution, following the 2013 publication of “Darwin’s Doubt” by Dr. Stephen Meyer, director of the Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture.
In his book, Meyer rebuts Darwin’s reigning principle: that all life forms, including humans, have evolved from a common ancestor through the simple process of random, heritable variation and natural selection. Based in universally acknowledged mysteries thrown up by fossil scientists around the “Cambrian explosion,” Meyer’s proposed alternate theory of intelligent design presents as no less rational than Darwin’s theory to any open mind, and seems more congruent with the evidence at hand to a number of highly credentialled scientists.
