Shutting Down the Evolution Debate, the "Mainstream Science" Way

We noted the other day our biologist colleague Cornelius Hunter's online adventure, parachuting into a discussion with theistic evolutionists over at the BioLogos website. The debate in a thread at their Open Forum, "What is Universal Common Descent?," is long and discursive. It runs to 212 entries so far. I can't claim to have read every word, but this struck me as telling.

At comment #203, Washington University's Joshua Swamidass weighs in, seeking to call a halt to the proceedings. It's...