Originally Posted by
Dark Star
I think you misunderstood his statement about controversy. The matter is a lot like global warming; there is no controversy about the matter among scientists. Among the general public and evolution "opponents", that is a different issue. Once in a while scientists will write a paper aimed at giving a demonstration of "debated" principles for non-scientists to help them understand, but generally Behe et. al.'s views (and papers) produce little more than an eye roll among most scientists.
The people I am reading, Eldredge and Foster, are scientists and there are controversies, like it or not.
I have yet to read Behe, but I have read Nagel who is an atheist philosophy who has this to say about the way neo-Darwinists treat people like Behe:
Even if one is not drawn to the alternative of an explanation by the actions of a designer , the problems that these iconoclasts pose for the orthodox scientific consensus should be taken seriously. They do not deserve the scorn with which they are commonly met. It is manifestly unfair.
Nagel, Thomas (2012-08-29). Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False (pp. 10-11). Oxford University Press. Kindle Edition.
I agree with Nagel.