Evolution a "theory in crisis"?
Is evolution a "theory in crisis"?
Bruce Chapman, president of the Discovery Institute, claims that Darwinism is a "theory in crisis". An amicus submitted to the District Court in Atlanta likewise describes evolution as a "theory in crisis". A Google search for "theory in crisis" retrieves 12,000 pages (mostly creationism oriented).
The key phrase "theory in crisis" retrieves only four articles
1. DEAGUIAR FM, AZEVEDO A, REZENDE SM
MAGNETIC-FIELD-INDUCED INTERMITTENCY IN SPIN-WAVE EXPERIMENTS
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 73 (10): 6825-6827 Part 2B MAY 15 1993
2. DELSOL M, FLATIN J
WHAT MAKES A GREAT THEORY IN BIOLOGY - CRITIQUE OF A RECENT WORK
ACTA BIOTHEORETICA 39 (3-4): 363-373 DEC 1991
3. SPENCE DP
PSYCHOANALYSIS - A THEORY IN CRISIS - EDELSON,M
JOURNAL OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASE 178 (11): 724-724 NOV 1990
4. LAKE B
PSYCHOANALYSIS - A THEORY IN CRISIS - EDELSON,M
BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY 156: 291-291 FEB 1990
See search for "controversy" and "evolution"
History of the " imminent demise of evolution"
"Theory in crisis" reflects not science, but rather overly literal reading of Michael Denton's Evolution: A Theory in Crisis (see review)
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