Custom Search  Tuesday, October 25, 2005  UPDATED!! Steve Gould
would NOT have supported NCSE's "Steve" list: Eugenie Scott
replies, but Pivar stands by accusation  Yesterday, I blogged on
the fact that a friend of the late Stephen Jay Gould now says
that Gould would never have signed the celebrated Steve list - a
list of scientists named Steve who oppose creationism (and,
presumably, intelligent design theory?). (If you were directed
to this link, see Wednesday's post as well.)  Eugenie Scott,
well-known lobbyist at Darwin lobby National Center for Science
Education, has replied to my query as follows:  I'm trying to
figure out how the parody "Project Steve" is making claims about
the creative abilities of natural selection.... I think Steve
would have gotten a chuckle out of it. He certainly did not
support the creationists, either of the traditional form of the
nouveau ID variety. Scott seems determined to miss the point -
and you really can't blame her, as the scandal develops.
Essentially,  1) Gould did