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Nature 444, 679-680 (7 December 2006) | doi:10.1038/444679e; Published online 6 December 2006
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Although we acknowledge the need to allow publication of diverse opinions in the name of free speech, Nature has a responsibility, as a leading and widely read science journal, to uphold scientific standards and values. Unfortunately, in Maciej Giertych's Correspondence letter ("Creationism, evolution: nothing has been proved" Nature 444, 265; 2006), Nature fell short in this duty, allowing creationist pseudoscientific arguments to be presented as fact, without any supporting evidence.
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