How Curiosity Overcomes the Yuck Factor: A Positive Take on Negative Reviews

I've been arguing that intelligent design explains life better than Darwin's theory for long enough to be familiar with reactions that amount to little more than disgust -- the yuck response. Usually I take that response as a sign that I need to move on to more receptive listeners, but I was recently reminded that the yuck response doesn't always end the discussion. A colleague of mine -- a former Darwinist who now sees life as designed -- told me how he came to change his view several years...