Unscientific Evolutionists

Pity the poor scientist who stands up to the Evolution Mafia.

Richard Sternberg, editor of the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, an organization partially funded by the Smithsonian Institution, published a paper supporting intelligent design. WaPo reports:

Within hours of publication, senior scientists at the Smithsonian Institution -- which has helped fund and run the journal -- lashed out at Sternberg as a shoddy scientist and a closet Bible thumper.

"They were saying I accepted money under the table, that I was a crypto-priest, that I was a sleeper cell operative for the creationists," said Steinberg, 42 , who is a Smithsonian research associate. "I was basically run out of there."

An independent agency has come to the same conclusion, accusing top scientists at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History of retaliating against Sternberg by investigating his religion and smearing him as a "creationist."

Interesting that WaPo is taking interest in a story that is highly critical of close-minded evolutionary scientists. The story is a three-clicker, and it's front-loaded with lots of support for Sternberg and criticism of the Smithsonian neo-flat-earthers. Read the whole story here.