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In the interest of balance
The PBS website now has a fairly extensive hatemail page full of letters regarding the documentary I discussed in my last post. A common theme in the letters seems to be that the documentary was not "balanced" enough and had a "Darwinist" bias. I was actually really happy with this aspect of the documentary. I feel that they presented Intelligent Design to the extent of its substance. The fact that there is way more to talk about regarding the scientific point of view really should not be that surprising.
What I found most galling about the cdesign proponentsists was the "oh gosh" attitude they took as they described how they were just trying to point out that there is another "scientific" explanation for the origin of species. No, what you were trying to do was gain a foothold, some precedence for the presence of ID in public schools so that you could unleash a salvo of attacks across the nation. You're no more interested in the balance of science and ID in the classroom than, say, PZ Myers.
I will say that I was sort of disappointed with the tone of the presentation of the plaintiff's case. It certainly smacked of rhetorical trickery. But then, that's the problem with debating ID; your opponents will continually set back the goalposts and feel as though they only need to give you pause for a moment to unravel a century of research and publication.
This excerpt from the judge's opinion of the case sums things up rather nicely:
"To be sure, Darwin's theory of evolution is imperfect. However, the fact that a scientific theory cannot yet render an explanation on every point should not be used as a pretext to thrust an untestable alternative hypothesis grounded in religion into the science classroom or to misrepresent well-established scientific propositions. The citizens of the Dover area were poorly served by the members of the Board who voted for the Intelligent Design Policy."#