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Originally Posted by UShaditComing
redwards- The IDers are persistent in their efforts to get it into science classrooms and if the movie has the impact that it appears it could have with Christians then do you think they could possibly succed?
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Of course not. The concept is fundamentally unscientific. There's no way this is going to change how science works, all it's going to do is reignite the passions of morons in middle america who don't understand science but put their faith in religion.
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Wouldn't some moderating influence step in at the last moment to stop it or would it be such a slow and insidious process that they will be able to succeed. I'm interested in knowing because the disasterous effect it would have on the US is hard to imagine in it's sheer magnitude.
They wouldn't really let it happen would they?
It would of course force huge changes in the system within a few short years because of the damage it would do to the country in so many ways.
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This isn't going to do a damn thing to genuine science education. Maybe,
MAYBE they get enough morons elected to change the science curricula of a few rural middle schools, but no one is going to have to sit through a talk about 'intelligent design' in any university which isn't run by religious fundamentalists and already teaching this crap.
At the end of the day, people who promote these ideas are ignored by genuine scientists because their ideas are BAD, and nothing is going to change that.