NOVA program on Evolution and the Dover, PA Decision

I just recently watched a PBS NOVA program on the big Evolution vs. (so-called) Intelligent Design Case in Dover, PA. As a part of the transcript from the program states:

In 2004, the Dover school board ordered science teachers to read a statement to high school biology students suggesting that there is an alternative to Darwin's theory of evolution called intelligent design—the idea that life is too complex to have evolved naturally and therefore must have been designed by an intelligent agent. The teachers refused to comply. Later, parents opposed to intelligent design filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing the school board of violating the constitutional separation of church and state.

You can watch the whole program on-line, and it is one of the best NOVAs I've seen. I recently spent a few hours in a seminar with a couple of the luminaries who were testifying for the Plaintiff's (pro-evolution party in the legal suit). The personality of Ken Miller is well represented in how he appears in this program. The NOVA site for the program also has several podcasts of interest. I especially liked the one which interviewed the judge in the case.

REFERENCES

[1] "Judgement Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" NOVA PBS.org (Accessed 12/02/07).


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