Replacing Darwin: AIG on Jeanson vs. Mays

[swamidass (S. Joshua Swamidass)]

@evograd, take a look at this. I hope @Herman_Mays can comment.

This seems to be what I predicted:

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From this exchange, it seems that Jeanson won. He can claim he held his own. That is all he has to do, and it is likely true.

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I have no doubt that Mays was right (or at least largely right) on the science, but what concessions did he get out of this? Will anyone in Jeanson’s camp hear this as anything but technobabble? If the answer is “no”, he one the public theatre hands down.

And see what Jeanson writes:

Which presenter was correct? Again, from the feedback that I’ve received from viewers, few seemed to reach any conclusion on the validity of either participant’s content.

I do not doubt that is true. That means he is able to define precisely what this debate means, unchallenged, to his audience. That is a big win for him.