# Richard Sternberg Topic: [[Topics/Intelligent Design and Origins Debate/Intelligent Design and Origins Debate|Intelligent Design and Origins Debate]] - **Role here:** co-author of "The Mysterious Origins of Fossils" on intelligentdesign.org, which appears in the Oct 24 post's screenshot. - **2004 paper:** as former editor of *Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington*, he published Meyer's 2004 ID paper. The society's council said he "handled the entire review process" without an associate editor, and that the paper "does not meet the scientific standards of the Proceedings" ([NCSE reprint](https://ncse.ngo/bsw-strengthens-statement-repudiating-meyer-paper)). - **The ID side's account:** ID advocates said three outside reviewers had approved the paper ⚠️ (Access Research Network's account; not independently checked). - ⚠️ His current affiliation was not checked. - **Appears in:** [[Users/@StephenCMeyer/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - StephenCMeyer on IntelligentDesign.org and the Growing Number of Scientists Claim (2026-10-24)|@StephenCMeyer post analysis]] · [[Topics/Intelligent Design and Origins Debate/People/Stephen C. Meyer|Stephen C. Meyer]]