Bizarro Discovery Institute-"defenders of Science"
How many lies can you pack into one sentence?
The Discovery Institute, explains the "Difference Between Teaching Criticisms of Evolution and Teaching Intelligent design" subtitled "Critical Analysis of Evolution is not the same as teaching Intelligent Design."
That "explanation" qualifies for two "whopper" awards.
Panda's Thumb explains why there is, in fact, no difference whatsoever between "criticisms of evolution" and "Intelligent Design" but you knew that already.
ID advocates are in bizarro world when they claim to be "defenders of science." But, let's take them at their word. Here's the challenge. Since the DI does not favor teaching Intelligent Design in schools and does favor teaching evolution, what does their proposed evolution syllabus look like?
Natural selection...check.
Random Mutations?...check.
Common Ancestry?..check.
Fossil record?...check.
Paleontology, Geology, Radiocarbon dating, genetic sequencing, DNA, cellular evolution?...all check?
Somehow I doubt that the DI really advocated the teaching of any part of evolution. But I could be wrong. Well DI, we're waiting. Tell us how you would teach evolution.
Ugh, DI mumbo jumbo. How they can pass themselves off as defenders of science is beyond me.
Something completely unrelated, you spelled Orac's name wrong on your sidebar link.
Posted by: King_Aardvark | July 18, 2006 at 03:08 PM
Thanks King Ardvarc :) I made the correction.
Posted by: Joe McFaul | July 18, 2006 at 06:10 PM