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BBC Coverage of the LHC in Geneva
Friday 12 September 2008
On Wednesday I suggested to the Christians in Science Yahoo group that the headline language used by
the BBC in covering the work which has begun at the LHC sounded naive
to me. FWIW a similar thought has been expressed in more colourful
language by columnist Stephen Glover.
The BBC dedicated hours of coverage to the event on Radio 4, with
suggestions that the experiment would unlock the secrets of the
universe and throw light on what happened after the so-called "big
bang".
But the reporting has drawn stinging criticism. Newspaper columnist,
Stephen Glover, says the BBC´s coverage was "utterly preposterous"
and "barmy".
"Perhaps this is what happens when non-scientists, who comprise the
great majority of the BBC´s editorial staff, attempt to assess the
importance of complex scientific experiments," he said.
"But I think there is more to it than that. The BBC represents a
materialist, mechanistic consensus which has rejected God, and
deludes itself that science is capable of providing a complete
explanation of existence.
"Hence the ludicrously inflated claims that are being made of what is
going on near Geneva."
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