Uncommon Subversion

The blog Uncommon Descent holds that ...

Materialistic ideology has subverted the study of biological and cosmological origins so that the actual content of these sciences has become corrupted. The problem, therefore, is not merely that science is being used illegitimately to promote a materialistic worldview, but that this worldview is actively undermining scientific inquiry, leading to incorrect and unsupported conclusions about biological and cosmological origins.

In actuality, however, it is the Intelligent Design Creationism ideology promoted by the Discovery Institute and William Dembski, who runs the Uncommon Descent blog, that is attempting to subvert the study of biological and cosmological origins so that the actual content of these sciences will become questionable and amenable to the notion of a supernatural explanation. The problem, therefore, is not merely that ID is trying to subvert science to promote a creationistic worldview, but that this worldview is intended to undermine scientific inquiry, leading to conclusions about biological and cosmological origins which incorporate supernatural explanations, setting the scientific clock back to the middle-ages.