John Brockman's EDGE.org just published the full text of philosopher Daniel Dennett's NYT op-ed from August 28. In the article, Dennett examines why the notion of so-called Intelligent Design has become so popular, in spite of the fact it cannot be substantiated by science.
"Is 'intelligent design' a legitimate school of scientific thought? Is there something to it, or have these people been taken in by one of the most ingenious hoaxes in the history of science? Wouldn't such a hoax be impossible? No. Here's how it has been done."
Link, and here's the same text on the NYT website (reg required). (Thanks, Chris, and many others!)
Image: a devotional chalk icon of the Flying Spaghetti Monster — the only truly intelligent alternative — on a university campus in Georgia. (Thanks, Graham)
