Ethics

Elsberry Shreds ID Rhetoric

By Ed Brayton

My friend Wesley Elsberry has a terrific post at his blog that absolutely shreds the standard DI rhetoric about not wanting to teach ID but only wanting the "strengths and weaknesses" of evolution taught. He quotes DI flak Rob Crowther:

As for claims that we try to get intelligent design into the curriculum, that's just not the case. Our science education policy is very clear. In November of 2003 Discovery Institute issued a Q&A that stated:

Does Discovery Institute advocate requiring intelligent design theory in textbooks as an alternative? Absolutely not. We are NOT seeking to have intelligent design included in textbooks or in classroom instruction. We only want factual errors corrected and legitimate scientific weaknesses of neo-Darwinism presented.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on November 10, 2008 (boomark / email).