@brianjakub,
Quote: Scientific research should not be led by people in fear of the debate
I think you are giving yourself undeserved credit for the way people in science, while first trying to be polite with guy like you, they soon lose patience at all the Density and mendacity (WHOLE LOTTA MENDACITY GOIN AROUND ON YOUR SIDE SKIPPY).
EG
There was once a Creationist geologist,----- an oil explorationist , named Hayseed Stevens who(like many religiou con men) convinced many investors that his reliance upon Biblical Flood Geology will reward them with riches from drilling for oil bsed on his research on the pools left after the Noahdic FLOOD. Trouble with him is that he actually BELIEVED his own BS and so, he spent their money on drilling. Of Course he didnt find jack **** and the investors lost their money and they had no recourse because everybody, including Hayseed ws certain they knew something when they were just too ignorant of petroleum geology. Hayseed tried to have a paper pub'd in AAPG and was turned down. He then spouted out much the same crap as you (That science was afraid of debating him, when, someone who knew his beans would have merely warned investors that this guy was parading his religion as valid science.
Another point,----- I spent a few days attending the Dover trial and I noted one thing in an article for some attornies that . "For some reason, unknown to me, the Lawyers from the defense, spent their time mostly trying to dispute science and evolution."(and I gave some examples )" Their entire case was pocked with faulty assumptions, very poor evidence, and most disturbing, a systematic back and forth where in one summary theyd claim they were entirely science centered , and in a later assertion they would quote Dembski who professed his belief that all science must be centered on Christianity."
In ffear of the debate??? you really believe that?? Oh well, I dream of buying an island near Prince of Wales and raising bears.