Thursday, April 17, 2008

Expelled

I don't know what to think about Ben Stein's new movie. On the one hand, I believe that academic freedom should be paramount in a university. I start to get a little concerned when professors are ostracized or just plain kicked out for saying something controversial [the corollary to that is that I think many professors should exercise more discretion before spouting off], but on the other hand I think that a great many of intelligent design's loudest proponents have been duplicitous about their intentions. It seems to me they want to sneak religion back into the science classroom, almost as a kind of revenge for the way that science has changed the way people talk about sacred texts and invaded other sacred spaces.

Anyway, the trailer: