Ideologyspotting
How to spot a hidden religious agenda
Misguided interpretations of quantum physics are a classic hallmark of pseudoscience, usually of the New Age variety, but some religious groups are now appealing to aspects of quantum weirdness to account for free will. Beware: this is nonsense.
UPDATE: As the comment below indicates, the article was pulled. PZ points out that there is an archived copy of the article
I think it’s sad that NS would cave to complaints, rather than having some intellectual integrity. There was no malice in the story. Occasionally the truth is going to force some people to open their eyes a little, and that can sometimes be painful.
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Comments
Comment from swansont
Time: March 11, 2009, 2:55 pm
Interesting. Nothing I would consider offensive, but certainly things not well-tolerated by some, since other parts of the story had to do with biology, and all that that entails.
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Comment from EricJuve
Time: March 11, 2009, 11:36 am
They seem to have removed the story, was it offensive? Oh well so much for free speech.