Ummm... you want me to spend money to learn about creationism? Yeah, no thanks. Point me to a website if you like, but there no way I am buying a book on creationism. I am fully aware of the creationist viewpoint. It would be a waste of my time and brain cells to store such information.
Douglas Axe is yet another Loon flailing his pom poms on behalf of the Discovery Institute.
How embarrassing for the creationist industry that the spokesmen are so often people who shouldn't be allowed in grown-up company.
Encyclopedia of American Loons: #8: Douglas Axe
Axe is a zealous creationist associated with the Discovery Institute (he is the director at their “Biologic Institute"). Axe is a molecular biologist, and thus actually knows some science. He uses this knowledge to write mundane papers, at least two of which have been published in low-tier, although genuine, journals - despite being uninteresting and mundane. Axe’s work is hailed by the Discovery Institute as evidence for their views. Of course, there is no actual support of intelligent design in these published papers, and Axe himself admits as much:
Axe (2004) and the evolution of enzyme function - The Panda's Thumb
Insofar as Axe is a creationist with real scientific publications to his name, AxeÂ’s work is one of the main contributions to a sheen of legitimacy for the ID movement. But given that his publications do not at all support or even touch on their views (but are willfully interpreted as such by other ID-proponents without Axe complaining) he is an important contributor to erecting the framework of dishonesty that is the ID movement.
Diagnosis: Dishonest wingnut who might pose a genuine if minor threat to science and rationality as a creationist with actually published (though unrelated) material.