In a paper on the biomechanics of the human hand, there were several references implying that the hand’s versatility was the work of a supreme being.
Oh, the horror!
Via Breitbart:
The science journal PLOS ONE is being criticized for allowing several references to creationism to make it into publication.
But the scientists responsible for the offending paper say they are not creationists, and that the references are the result of their inexperience with the English language.
“We are sorry for drawing the debates about creationism,” researcher Ming-Jin Liu told UPI in an email. “Our study has no relationship with creationism.”
“English is not our native language,” Liu said. “Our understanding of the word Creator was not actually as a native English speaker expected.”
The original article, published in January, explored the biomechanical versatility of the human hand. Throughout, the study’s authors refer to design “by the Creator.”
….Corresponding author Ming-Jin Liu, a mechanical engineering researcher at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, has since reached out to PLOS ONE to address the confusion-turned-controversy….
“We will change the Creator to nature in the revised manuscript. We apologize for any troubles may have caused by this misunderstanding,” Liu promised PLOS ONE.
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The old Chinese Finger Trap; apparently is not in Two Corinthians.
Per Wikip: CFT has been in a number of Hollywood productions including a 1929 Our Gang short and a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode that had Lt. Commander Data stumped by the trap.
From “The Creator” to “Gaia”? Whatever …
I need a “Safe Place”