{"id":148,"date":"2005-11-03T12:52:58","date_gmt":"2005-11-03T04:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/?p=148"},"modified":"2010-09-20T22:23:17","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T14:23:17","slug":"the-privileged-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/general\/the-privileged-planet-148","title":{"rendered":"The Privileged Planet"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Privileged Planet<\/h2>\n

Illustra Media, 2004 (www.illustramedia.com)<\/p>\n

It looked like it was going to be a promising title. From the cover:<\/p>\n

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\"The same factors that make a planet like Earth suitable for life also provide the best conditions for scientific discovery.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

and<\/p>\n

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\"Does it point to a deeper truth about purpose and intelligent design within the cosmos?\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

However, this movie turned out to be a poorly disguised attempt from the \"Intelligent Design\" right-wing group in the US to sway people away from Darwinian evolution. The \"Reference Library\" showed the true intention of this release - God created it all and in such a way that we could be scientists and see the stars and be able to figure it all out. Hmmm.<\/p>\n

From Darwin's Dilemma<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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For more than a century, Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection has defined biology. Yet today a growing number of scientists question its ability to account for the origin and diversity of life. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hmmm again.<\/p>\n

It is equally fantastic that we developed due to chance evolutionary events as that we developed because of some \"divine blueprint\".<\/p>\n

And who supports Illustramedia? No details are given, except:<\/p>\n

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Illustra Media is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit corporation.
\nOur projects are funded by individual donors and foundations.
\nPlease contact us for more information.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Yes, the same individual donors and foundations that gave us George Bush (who is an enthusiastic supporter of \"intelligent design\"), I strongly suspect. Nothing intelligent about the design of Bush's ideas for the world...<\/p>\n

Intelligent design will go quiet after the next presidential election. I can't wait.<\/p>\n

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