Darwin’s Image Appears in Tree

The ghostly apparition of Charles Darwin has appeared (to some, at least) in a tree.

Click here to see a full sized version of the picture.

Now, perhaps I worry too much, but I hope this story isn’t picked as a soft news story up by any major channels. I think the ID brigade are keen to cast Darwin as an ideological figure, and “Darwinism” as a belief system, in order to present intelligent design as a legitimate alternative. Assigning messianic properties to a scientist obfuscates the true source of their achievements - their science.

Thanks to Stever via BoingBoing.net

2 comments November 17th, 2006