Originally Posted by Ken G

I agree with that part, and the fact that experimental data has now taken a more important role in real science (though there remain some areas of mainstream science where data is lacking and authority continues to rule). But the ID community is still fully in the old model, as there is no experimental data, just argument by those who are considered the leaders. As such, it remains relevant, in that community, the conduct and mode of inquiry of the people-- as that is all that exists. Indeed, the only experimental data directly referred to from that meeting was data that supported evolution, and the conduct of the people was apparently to avoid discussion of that fact.