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PSSI asserts that academic freedom is being hampered by evolution supporters suppressing views that they disagree with.
The PSSI website repeats other standard creationist objections to evolution, including the claim that subscription to "Darwinian macroevolution" is damaging to the social structures of societies. This is contrary to the data analyzed in a study published by author and illustrator Gregory S. Paul. Nevertheless, the methodlogy and conclusions of Paul's study were criticized by more recent articles published in the same journal. The PSSI tries to emphasize the threat of evolution by using a mined quote from philosophy professor Daniel Dennett, "Darwinian evolution is a ‘universal acid;’ it eats through just about every traditional concept and leaves in its wake a revolutionized world-view."
PSSI also quotes film maker and Harvard Medical School graduate Michael Crichton:
Consensus science "is an extremely pernicious development that ought to be stopped cold in its tracks. Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled. Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had."
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