Some Scientists Say Intelligent Design Isn't Science -- Until They Have to Use It Themselves

Many scientists claim intelligent design is not science, until they have to use it. Then they find it very helpful. This is a story about how, out of necessity, science journal editors have had to use design principles to fight fraud. It's also illustrates the fact that ID makes no claims about the morality of a good design.

Back in 1996, Alan Sokal, a physicist, created a firestorm in academia by submitting a realistic-sounding but nonsensical paper to the postmodern journal Social Text....