Truth as such is not a particularly important concept in naturalistic philosophy.

Darwinism is not merely a support for naturalistic philosophy: it is a product of naturalistic philosophy.

All the most prominent Darwinists proclaim naturalistic philosophy when they think it safe to do so.

Evolutionary biologists are not content merely to explain how variation occurs within limits, however. They aspire to answer a much broader question-which is how complex organisms like birds, and flowers, and human beings came into existence in the first place.

There's two tiers of science fiction: the McDonalds sci-fi like Star Trek, where they have an adventure and solve it before the last commercial, and there are books that once you've read, you never look at the world the same way again.

Science fiction has always used metaphors and disguises, talking about alien civilizations or the future.

Scientific fraud, plagiarism, and ghost writing are increasingly being reported in the news media, creating the impression that misconduct has become a widespread and omnipresent evil in scientific research.

People have extreme beliefs about whether it is right for humans to tamper with embryos in any way at all. Sometimes the values discussion gets conflated with the science discussion. We shouldn't pretend we're having an argument about science when we're having an argument about values.