Canadian scientists are concerned that the rejection of a McGill University professor’s grant application may signal support for intelligent design, The Globe and Mail
reported earlier this month.
Brian Alters, who directs a research center on evolution, applied for funds from the federal Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to study the impact of intelligent design in Canada and the letter rejecting his proposal said that it had failed to provide enough evidence that “the theory of evolution, and not intelligent design theory, was correct.”
McGill is demanding a review of the decision.
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Who are these people adjudicating SSHRC proposals? Is this the influence of Harper, Day and other religious conservative fanatics? SSHRC ought to be ashamed.