We cannot live by scepticism aloneSource: News at Nature
Having survived the two science wars vs Fascism and Hippies respectively science must now defeat the neo-scepticism.

There is a good reason most Americans stink at chess - our unfailing optimism.
Is Intelligent Design Theory Scientific? - Editorial with LinksSource: russp.us
The main reason for the recent court ruling was the postulate of "falsification." The notion that ID theory is fundamentally "unscientific" is based on the philosophy originated by Karl Popper (1902-1994), who postulated a set of rules for science known as "Falsificationism." The main idea is that a hypothesis or theory does not qualify as "scientific" unless it is "falsifiable"