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'''Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed''' is a documentary by [[Ben Stein]] set for release in the spring of 2008, which alleges that those supporting [[intelligent design]] theory are suppressed and persecuted within schools, universities and the scientific community.<ref>[http://www.expelledthemovie.com/news.php Expelled the movie website]</ref> The film highlights several academic disputes which, according to Stein, demonstrate that [[scientist]]s and [[educator]]s who promote intelligent design are persecuted by the scientific establishment.<ref name=pressrelease>{{cite web |author=Lesley Burbridge-Bates|publisher=[http://www.premisemedia.com/ Premise Media]|date=[[2007-08-22]] |url=http://www.premisemedia.com/EXPELLED-PressRelease_08-22-07.pdf |title=''Expelled'' [[Press Release]] |accessdate=2007-09-29 |format= |work=}}</ref> Examples given by the film of those who have allegedly been persecuted for their support of intelligent design include [[Richard Sternberg]], a [[biology|biologist]] and an unpaid research associate at the National Museum of [[natural history|Natural History]], and [[Guillermo Gonzalez]], a pro-[[Intelligent design]] [[astrophysics|astrophysicist]] denied tenure at [[Iowa State University]] in 2007.<ref name="nyt">[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/science/27expelled.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin Scientists Feel Miscast in Film on Life's Origin], New York Times, 27 September 2007</ref>  

'''Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed''' is a documentary by [[Ben Stein]] set for release in the spring of 2008, which alleges that those supporting [[intelligent design]] theory are suppressed and persecuted within schools, universities and the scientific community.<ref>[http://www.expelledthemovie.com/news.php Expelled the movie website]</ref> The film highlights several academic disputes which, according to Stein, demonstrate that [[scientist]]s and [[educator]]s who promote intelligent design are persecuted by the scientific establishment.<ref name=pressrelease>{{cite web |author=Lesley Burbridge-Bates|publisher=[http://www.premisemedia.com/ Premise Media]|date=[[2007-08-22]] |url=http://www.premisemedia.com/EXPELLED-PressRelease_08-22-07.pdf |title=''Expelled'' [[Press Release]] |accessdate=2007-09-29 |format= |work=}}</ref> Examples given by the film of those who have allegedly been persecuted for their support of intelligent design include [[Richard Sternberg]], a [[biology|biologist]] and an unpaid research associate at the National Museum of [[natural history|Natural History]], and [[Guillermo Gonzalez]], a pro-[[Intelligent design]] [[astrophysics|astrophysicist]] denied tenure at [[Iowa State University]] in 2007.<ref name="nyt">[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/science/27expelled.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin Scientists Feel Miscast in Film on Life's Origin], New York Times, 27 September 2007</ref> However, the film has attracted considerable criticism and controversy, both on scientific grounds and for the methods used in its making.

==Claims portrayed in the film==

==Claims portrayed in the film==

==Criticism and controversy==

==Criticism and controversy==

Pro-[[evolution]] members of the scientific community have criticized the film for portraying intelligent design as an alternative scientific theory to evolution; they claim that intelligent design lacks scientific credibility.<ref>[http://www.hnn.us/articles/45776.html Is the Theory of Evolution Really a Matter of Faith?], Leonard and Charles Steinhorn, George Mason University, 31 December 2007</ref> However, advocates of intelligent design argue that it is a legitimate scientific theory and is distinct from the concept of [[creationism]].

A number of members of the scientific community have criticized the film for portraying intelligent design as an alternative scientific theory to evolution; they claim that intelligent design lacks scientific credibility and is a form of [[creationism]].<ref>[http://www.hnn.us/articles/45776.html Is the Theory of Evolution Really a Matter of Faith?], Leonard and Charles Steinhorn, George Mason University, 31 December 2007</ref>]<ref name=IDiscreationism>"for most members of the mainstream scientific community, ID is not a scientific theory, but a [[creationist]] [[pseudoscience]]." ([http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hsr/fall2005/mu.pdf ''Trojan Horse or Legitimate Science: Deconstructing the Debate over Intelligent Design''], David Mu, [http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hsr/ Harvard Science Review], Volume 19, Issue 1, [[Autumn|Fall]] [[2005]]) They highlight the fact that a large majority of scientists endorse evolution.<ref name=NIHrecord>"99.9 percent of [[scientist]]s accept evolution" according to [http://nihrecord.od.nih.gov/pdfs/2006/07282006Record.pdf ''Finding the Evolution in Medicine''], Cynthia Delgado, [http://www.nih.gov/nihrecord/ NIH Record], [[National Institutes of Health]],  July 28, 2006.</ref> However, advocates of intelligent design argue that it is a legitimate scientific theory and is distinct from the concept of [[creationism]].

Some [[atheist]] scientists interviewed in the film, notably [[Richard Dawkins]], claim that they were deceived as to the film's purpose and title, and would not have agreed to participate in it had they known of its pro-intelligent design message.<ref name="nyt"/>

Some of the scientists interviewed in the film, notably [[Richard Dawkins]], claim that they were deceived as to the film's purpose and title, and would not have agreed to participate in it had they known of its pro-intelligent design message.<ref name="nyt"/>