Who is Mike Gene?

“Mike Gene” is the pseudonym I’ve decided to use when writing about intelligent design. I’ve used this name, both for my website TeleoLogic and for the blog Telic Thoughts, so it made sense to use it for my book as well.

Why use a pseudonym? I do not make any appeals to personal qualifications, training, or expertise. The reason being is that if I have no qualifications or relevant training, this may cause some to dismiss or overlook a good argument for this reason alone. On the other hand, if I do have qualifications and relevant training, this may cause some to embrace a bad argument for this reason alone. I would rather let the arguments stand on their own.

Do scribbles on the internet even matter? Many people see a writer on the internet as just “a guy sitting in his living room writing in his pajamas,” being read only by himself and a few other people on the internet. Be that as it may be, the writings of this pajama-clad investigator have garnered the attention of Scientific American and Allexperts.Com, along with several university classrooms. And William Dembski, who is one of the leading theorists on intelligent design, writes, “Mike Gene is one of the most insightful individuals in the ID/evolution debate.”