... and other issues the "scientific" majority was stunningly wrong about. But "majority rules" is still the essence of Darwinist argument, as Foley (in the talkorigins debate and this book) demonstrates.
The debate between Foley and Milton was enlightening. Apparently "trashed" has the meaning of "was overwhelmed with pseudoscientific pronouncements"; it is not hard to imagine Milton throwing up his hands in despair, shaking his head at the pseudoscience that Darwinists employ, as in this rebuke to Foley:
"Yours is a remarkable view of scientific knowledge. You define 'known' as a matter of acceptance by a majority ("all or almost all workers in the field".) I regard science as being essentially about proof and my definition of "known" is not that most workers agree, but that the scientific evidence leads inescapably to unambiguous conclusions -- regardless of how many are willing to accept those conclusions."
If only Darwinists would finally use such a high standard of proof. But this only underscores the religious nature of Darwinism ...
While I am ignorant of his personal (noncreationist) worldview, I must applaud him for his stance, calling for a return to true scientific standards rather than bullying, pseudoskepticism (his web site links to CSICOP's embarrassing failure to debunk an astrological study!) and turning a blind eye to "naughty" data.
His rebuttals to Foley's and other Darwinist claims are concise, a pleasure to read, and, sadly, often expose basic logical flaws. Imagine these flaws distributed and magnified over thousands of man-hours, by faithful devotees of Darwin, and the resulting magnitude of groupthink that Milton seeks to cure in this book. For Piltdown, it took almost 40 years; but with the likes of Behe, Cremo, Denton, and others, this book is an important addition to science's struggle against evolutionism.
