#wickramasinghe

In March 1982, Bob Jones University was wringing its hands over an influenza epidemic, but this time it was only used metaphorically. 

They claimed in Faith for the Family that in the Arkansas Scopes II trial the ACLU called Chandra Wickramasinghe as a star witness. 

It’s known as the Hoyle–Wickramasinghe model of panspermia, if you want to look it up. And it’s weird.

But the reason the ACLU called him as a witness is to show how diverse Creationism can be.  From the Moline Dispatch on December 16, 1981:

Philae comet could be home to alien life

Could there be alien organisms living on the comet ? Image Credit: c

The potentially groundbreaking revelation is based on an analysis of some of the comet’s more unusual surface features such as its organic-rich black crust and icy crater lakes.

Dr Max Wallis of the University of Cardiff and colleague Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe presented evidence at the National Astronomy Meeting in Wales…