What Crap!

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What crap! Let this be a lesson to you boys and girls out there: never write a blog drunk. Drink if you must; write if you must; but if you drink and write, remember: it is best not to read the results sober.

Tonights notes are summed up in the words, 'Intelligent design.' I intend to examine the idea. Does it make any sense? What could it mean? By way of prefacing tonight's theme I should probably sum up the current situation: Evolution is one of the concepts currently being taught in Biology classes all over the world. As I have already said, it is the unifying principle of Biology. None of biology would make any sense absent this fundamental principle. Recently, the concept of 'Intelligent Design' has emerged as a possible alternative. The proponents of this 'theory of intelligent design' are suggesting that it is equally as valid a 'theory' as the 'theory of evolution,' and as such should be taught in American public schools.

No description of the theory has emerged, however, and it is widely believed and reported in the press that this 'theory' is little more than an attempt by the Religious Right to pollute Science with Religion. Is it? Yes? No? It seems to me that what we have here is an information vacuum. This vacuum is inviting. I can never resist a vacuum.