Intelligent Design = Creationism: The Missing Link

An explanation of evidence that was used in the Dover Intelligent Design trial to show that Intelligent Design equals Creationism, and is therefore unscientific and unconstitutional. The segment is from the Nova special "Judgement Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" which aired in November 2007. Text overlays have been added here. For further information, or to view or purchase the program online, visit the PBS/Nova website: www.pbs.org For more information about the trial, see: en.wikipedia.org Educational Resources: nationalacademies.org All major scientific organizations worldwide support the teaching of evolution: www.interacademies.net --- NARRATOR: If they could show Pandas started out as a creationist book, that would suggest intelligent design is simply creationism repackaged and therefore inherently religious. Matzke emailed this information to Eric Rothschild, who immediately issued a subpoena to the publisher of Pandas for any drafts the book went through before printing. In a few months, they received two boxes of material. The lawyers sent them to Barbara Forrest. A philosophy professor and author who has been tracking intelligent design for years, she was scheduled to testify in the trial. BARBARA FORREST: Oh, my goodness, those two boxes contained about 7000 pieces of paper. I had to sit down with those documents and just start flipping through them, which is what I did day and night. NARRATOR: After much digging, she hit pay dirt. Buried in these documents ...

Channel: YouTube Video Length: 4m 44s Date Found: Fri, Feb 01 2008 7:55 AM Category: Science Date Produced: View Count: 8